Reply #100: Perhaps racism is the wrong term.

[David West]

But there is a rampant "us vs. them" mindset that often manifests itself at tea parties (and many, MANY other places and rallies of varying political persuasion). I've ran into quite a few people people at these events who exemplify the uglier sides of such an "us vs. them" mindset. They are by no means the majority, but they aren't a vanishingly small minority, either.