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11-04-2010, 07:07 PM
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Not What I expected
So i Joined the official Tea Party website and ventured deep within the enemy territory. A mole on a spy mission.
What I found floored me! I introduced myself as gay and apprehensive about oppression of gay rights. Not only was I welcomed and affirmed that folks from all walks of life can be a part. I found that much of the Tea party is anti republican, anti- wall street and.....get ready..... openly gay! and Hippees and marijuana leagalizing libertarians! goes to show. Don't accept what others tell you. Maybe the cup needs to be emptied (in the buddhist sense) Now there are a bunch of ridiculously posturing fearful morons who post there also. But these ideals are not part of the mission Google it and see for yourself! See for yourself My skepticism is profoundly shaken!!!!!
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11-04-2010, 07:37 PM
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Is this the same Tea Party that heckled the guy with Parkinson's and made ant-gay and racist remarks to various gay and black lawmakers? Meh, you can have the tea, sweetie. I'll stick to my coffee.
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11-04-2010, 08:12 PM
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I'm not JUST against the anti-gay segment of the tea party, I'm fundamentally opposed to the libertarian concepts behind it. And I will always be suspect that all of the same people who suddenly are worried about the national debt under Obama's administration were long silent while it was a white guy spending all of the surplus and getting us into the largest debt to that point.
I don't think everyone there is evil. I'm not sure everyone there is racist, but I do think a lot of people who do have racist views and motives don't like to think that they do.
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11-04-2010, 08:53 PM
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Widely different backgrounds
Tea party people come from such a wide variety of backgrounds that it is hard to put them wholly in one camp or the other. There are many conservative democrats in the tea party for example. It seems to me that you can't generalize too much about them. Personally, I think the tea party will tear itself apart because there are so many different views within it. The leadership may be together right now but their constituents are all over the map figuratively.
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11-05-2010, 07:55 AM
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Gay Teabaggers? I can see that. They may want to same thing I want, that is, happiness, but their actions, and those that fund their movement like David & Charles Koch (who are the main funders) are motivated by greed not compassion. They would undo the very foundations of our social fabric, doing away with Social Security and Healthcare.
The book worth reading about this "What's the Matter With Kansas?" http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Wha.../9780805077742
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Be the love you seek. Last edited by Daniel; 11-05-2010 at 10:54 PM. Reason: spelling
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11-05-2010, 08:34 AM
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the TEA Party movement is still relatively new and hasn't coaleced enough to define it's long term principles. So it could go either way. There are some very Liberterian streeks, but also a large contigent that want to further a 50's Leave it to Beaver style of society.
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