This is going so viral, we had to share. You may have already seen this on HotAir, GBTV, or one of the other dozens of news agencies that carried this remarkable story yesterday. Ali A. Akbar, an African American who is also an original national Tea Party organizer, recently penned an article in response to Morgan Freeman's suggestions that Tea Partiers are racist.  In it, he invites Mr. Freeman to attend a Tea Party event:

"I've attended dozens of tea party events. I've helped organize them, and I've even spoken at a few. The tea party is not what is often depicted in the news. It is people of all colors who are terribly concerned about the direction that America is heading. We don’t trust big government to make decisions for us. And we fear that the present administration’s spending is going to lead our country down a path to insolvency, much like what Greece is currently facing.

"Your comments about the tea party have caused me physical pain. You've rekindled the old painful paradigm of Uncle Tom – that any black man who votes Republican is some kind of sellout. It's not true. I work hard, pay my taxes, love Jesus, and I'm good to my family and community. In effect, your comments have stereotyped an entire group of people. And I know in my soul that you must regret that on some level.

"I'm hoping that you’ll come to a tea party in Tennessee — the place of your birth. Really anywhere in the country that works for you; I'll set it up with the one of the thousands of activists I know around our great country. I'd be delighted to introduce you to good people who will welcome you with open arms, disagree with you, and then feed you some of the best barbeque you’ve ever tasted."

You can help turn up the heat by sending a Gadsden flag ("Don't Tread on Me") to Mr. Freeman.  As the number of Gadsden flags he receives increases, he will increasingly feel the pressure to attend a real Tea Party event before making such an unfair judgment.  Send Mr. Freeman one or more Gadsden flags now.

They call us racist because they don't walk to talk about cutting spending. They call us racist because capping the budget means they have no pet projects for their special voting blocs. They call us RACIST, because balancing the budget would force serious reforms on entitlements. This is the debate.