A Freebie from Freemont

Friends of Freemont,

I said that I wanted to move away from the Tea Party discussion after attending the Boston rally on April 14^th along with my cameraman, Mr. Backcorner. However, it appears that over this past week the question of Tea Party racism has come up quite a bit. So, I thought it would be a disservice to the Friends of Freemont if I didn’t weigh in. 

First off, I’ve given you a couple of days to analyze the below video blogs so that you could compare two very different versions of the event that occurred that day—one from a seeming insider’s point of view and one from an observer’s. I hope you were able to decipher my obvious message because I think the work speaks for itself. If you could not, I encourage you to drop my blog from your favorites and stop following me on Twitter.

I will admit that, in prepping for last Wednesday’s rally, I had a number of questions I intended to ask Tea Partiers that had to do with racism, homophobia, and anti-Semitism. However, after arriving at the Common, the first thing that struck me (as you have seen in the video) was not any absurd bigotry, but, rather, the lack of enthusiasm by the event’s attendees. What I saw that day was not racism.  It was a collective sense of confusion. These are people who clearly feel like they’re being marginalized by the government. It’s just not clear to me whether they actually are being marginalized by the government.

I can’t speak for Tea Party rallies that occurred across the country, but the one I attended in Boston was very white, middle-class, and suburban (at least as far as the people I saw and spoke with). I can understand, then, why there would be a shared sense of confusion on behalf of the Tea Partiers with regards to their movement’s goals and objectives. History is certainly against you there, Tea Party Patriots. Because white, middle class, and suburban has never made for interesting protest. You may want to leave such activities up to people like me.

As to the the question of Tea Party racism: does the fact that they are predominantly white and “protesting” a black president make the Tea Partiers racists? Of course it doesn’t. I met a number of pleasant people that day who had brought their children to the event and I’m sure would have been horrified if they witnessed any blatant bigotry taking place. In fact, one of the funniest moments for me during the day was when a group of people (appearing to be predominantly black) who were dressed in yellow t-shirts that read Go Home Racists and Bigots began to march through the center of the rally. I had taken the high ground at this point and I looked on as these activists made their way across the park. And the result, Friends of Freemont, was absolutely nothing. There was no jeering. There was no rabble-rousing. There was no discernible engagement between these activists and the Tea Party patrons. I knew then that I was out of my element in a way that I never anticipated. 

So, I find it laughable that liberals are once again shouting Racism! when they describe the April Tea Party rallies. This cry of racism is the same declaration of socialism that occurs on the opposite side of the proverbial picket line. Neither action accomplishes anything and neither brings forth a defined political agenda. The argument that I have continued to proclaim on this blog is not that the Tea Party movement is a group of racists, but that they are a people who stand for nothing and have produced nothing. And when liberals stand up and yell Racism! is when they become as politically unproductive as their Tea Party counterparts. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time these ignorant, PC liberals morphed into their worst nightmare without realizing it. And it won’t be the last. That’s why I’ve always warned you to be careful, Friends of Free, not to paint yourself into a corner when describing your politics because you don’t want to fall into the empty abyss of nothingness that circles this country.

I’d like to end by bringing up the fact that, despite being very close up to the stage when Sarah Palin was speaking on Wednesday, I could barely hear her speech. I was told after the event by friends that she was miked perfectly when they saw the local television coverage. This, again, is my point about the Tea Party—they are not a real movement; they are nothing more than smoke and mirrors. The best way I can explain the Tea Party is that it’s a group of people who embody a piece of the social consciousness who are representing it unconsciously. As such, I would encourage both he right and the left to come back into the world of the living— a place where I exist. That way, maybe we can talk some politics again.

Your Beacon of Truth,

Mr. Freemont Barrington 

Friends of Free,

I traveled to the Martha Coakley’s rally this afternoon to gather some Free information. I wanted to advise the Democratic candidate on her lack luster campaign strategy and perhaps seek some women advice from Bill Clinton as I offered my gentle condolences for Haiti (a land where he and I both, I’m sure, have had a gal or two from).

Unfortunately, though, I was thrown out of the event after spending a good portion of my time (before the speakers took the podium) yelling that I felt there was a lack of enthusiasm in the crowd. I begged for these people, these steadfast supporters of this mainstream Democrat, to begin chants that I felt were funny and would draw up some disdain for the Republican candidate, Scott Brown, who they will be voting against. After some time of attempting to start the following chants:

‘Brownie is a townie’

‘Scott’s daughter has nice cans’ and

‘Scott Brown likes rape’ (always start slowly and get hotter)

I was escorted out of the main room of the affair and into the lobby.  I guess Coakley operatives don’t have much of a sense of humor. But, thus is mainstream politics. Luckily I was able to catch some of the speeches in a lobby gathering room. Without getting into details of those, let’s just say that Menino might not make it through this term.  As I’ve stated before, he is fat and near death.

So, after some time there in that room, speaking with some very nice people, I couldn’t help but get a bit fired up again.  Because, despite their apparent kindness, there still remained much apathy in the crowd.  And it stunk like dead swine. When I attempted a couple more chants towards the end of Clinton’s speech, I was approached by more campaign officials.  I assured them that everyone in the room knew what was going to be said during the rest of these speeches and that they should send their troops elsewhere if they really wanted to win this thing.  However, I was once again removed— this time onto the sidewalk.

It was then that I ran into some very interesting folks outside of the event— men and women who were toting signs with an image of Obama with a Hitler mustache.  Hmm… I thought. Gets my attention, sure, but what are these folks really here for?  I mean, I’m a fucking leftist, but what is their agenda?

Well folks, it appears like they stand for nothing other than utter confusion.  And I do not support this. I could not get a straight answer from any of these fucks.  They wouldn’t say whether they were left or right or what exactly they supported. They appeared to be religious in that geek-christ-kid manner and they were by no means an intimidating sight.

And so it hit me there, on that sidewalk, staring at the image of Obama with a Hitler mustache that I said fuck it— I’ll throw my support behind Martha Coakley. I can be much more fucking creative than these amateur propagandist protest fucks. My anti-tactics have much more due diligence than theirs. I’ll suck blood and get my dick wet in their shit.

So, follow along friends of Free as the President Obama shows up here in Massachusetts on Sunday. And we’ll see if we can get these fart-sniffing anti-anti’s good and riled-the-fuck up.

I need to make a brief trip to the town of my birth on Saturday as one of my fellow fighters has fallen. A good man. Not killed in the leftist fight, but, rather, his own drug addiction. I shall return on Sunday, though, red hot upon my entrance into this state and ready to make some noise.  Since I will be dark for a while, I shall communicate through Twitter. Stay tuned, you beautiful few.

The blogs that follow are some documentation of propaganda nothingness that we leftists need to fight against with our mush larger purpose.

Briefly entering into the mainstream just for my own amusment,

Freemont Barrington