St. Louis Tea Party Coalition Resolution
July 12, 2010
Whereas, the National Coalition for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded to
advance the position of minority groups, and
Whereas a hallmark of the NAACP has been to do the important work of identifying and exposing
remaining vestiges of racism and discrimination, and
Whereas the NAACP vocally stands against the discriminatory and harmful practice of labeling people
with a broad brush, and
Whereas the NAACP decided to launch their 101st National Convention with a resolution condemning
the Tea Party movement and labeling millions of their fellow Americans who subscribe to the movement
as "racists", and
Whereas the "Tea Party movement" is a label applied to patriotic Americans who have expressed their
political free speech in the grand tradition of all that is American, that being the spirited expression of
viewpoints in a 100% peaceful manner, and
Whereas, it is a hallmark of America that we settle our disputes civilly and avoid the gutter tactic of
attempting to silence opponents by inflammatory name-calling, and
Whereas the very term "racist" has diminished meaning due to its overuse by political partisans including
members of the NAACP, and
Whereas, the NAACP had an opportunity to preserve some semblance of legitimacy by standing up
for Ken Gladney, the victim of a vicious racist battery conducted by a black avowed communist, even
labeling him an "Uncle Tom", but chose instead to use the opportunity to mock the St. Louis Tea Party,
and
Whereas, the NAACP has refused to denounce the New Black Panther's call to murder white cops and
their babies, and
Whereas, the NAACP does its entire membership a grave disservice by hypocritically engaging in the
very conduct it purports to oppose,
Now therefore be it resolved that the St. Louis Tea Party condemns the NAACP for lowering itself to the
dishonorable position of a partisan political attack dog organization, and,
Be it further resolved that the St. Louis Tea Party calls on similar organizations to join in unanimous
condemnation of this despicable behavior, and
Be it further resolved that we demand that the NAACP withdrawal their bigoted, false and inflammatory
resolution against the tea party for any further consideration, and
Be it further resolved that these organizations call on the Internal Revenue Service to evenly apply their
standards and consider the tax-exempt status of the NAACP considering the degree to which they are
engaging in habitual partisan political behavior.
Adopted unanimously, this day, July 12th, in the year of our Lord, 2010.
A copy of this resolution shall be sent immediately to the NAACP at: washingtonbureau@naacpnet.org