re: #303 garhighway

I think there are a lot of hypocrites on this point. There are a lot of people that, in public and on the record, will say the right thing about racism. But it is my sad experience that many of those same people will tell the racist joke if they think the coast is clear.

I suspect (in the absence of reliable data, I freely admit) that many of the tea party people are like that. Most will never say the offensive thing in public, but behind closed doors I suspect the conversation is quite different. But the overt racists with the hateful signs are relatively rare.

I would very much like to be wrong about this, but I don’t think that we as a society have really progressed THAT much.

So… your observational opinion is relegated to Tea Party people only… or do you think this is a common phenomena among people in general?