too funny
nods to dick howe for the breadcrumbs on this one: a tea party rally, organized by a republican committee chair and featuring a speaker focused on opposing gay rights, has been canceled. fair enough, and, of course, dick is fascinated most by the party politics, but the fun doesn't stop there for me.
i wonder, do other tea partiers see the comedic irony in their protestations that tea parties are not republican fronts focused on a social agenda, and that their excuses never seem to line up with the obvious reality?
but, yes i know, YOUR tea party is different.
which is why i wonder why we never hear that side of it nearly enough.
if you're for small government and individual liberty, you cannot possibly be for the republican party and a revocation of gay rights, among many other things. (not to mention pursuit of proof of citizenship by the local constabulary and, as i said, many other liberty-offensive things).
the first tea party that opposes party politics (i.e. repudiates-with-a-D's their republican party credentials, and their democrat, for that matter--this is an equal opportunity opportunity) and stands up for immigrant, gay, black and every other kind of personal and individual rights, has my attention.
i didn't think so...
carry on.
i wonder, do other tea partiers see the comedic irony in their protestations that tea parties are not republican fronts focused on a social agenda, and that their excuses never seem to line up with the obvious reality?
but, yes i know, YOUR tea party is different.
which is why i wonder why we never hear that side of it nearly enough.
if you're for small government and individual liberty, you cannot possibly be for the republican party and a revocation of gay rights, among many other things. (not to mention pursuit of proof of citizenship by the local constabulary and, as i said, many other liberty-offensive things).
the first tea party that opposes party politics (i.e. repudiates-with-a-D's their republican party credentials, and their democrat, for that matter--this is an equal opportunity opportunity) and stands up for immigrant, gay, black and every other kind of personal and individual rights, has my attention.
i didn't think so...
carry on.
posted by kad barma at 10:20 AM
2 Comments:
I am not sure it follows that Republicans and Democrats can not be members of the Tea Party. On the other hand, I think the Tea Party should not be too quick to endorse candidates. The Tea Party is about resistance. Setting itself up as a new political party or siding with the party out of power seems to be trying to lift more weight that it is capable of. On the other hand, would we argue that Tea Party members should not be allowed to support his or her favorite candidates, on an individual basis?
Regards — Cliff
presuming to indulge D's and R's their preferred candidacies is to ignore their joint complicity in creating this mess in the first place.
i would put it to you: failing to blame both parties for this mess is to be partisan for one or the other, and NOT resisting at all, but, rather, opposing. if you'd like to opposed, you can join and work within whichever party you please.
my point will remain that anyone with a partisan preference, be it R or D, is what must be resisted for any of this to come to a positive end.
if, however, you'd like to put aside your R or your D and support small government and individual liberty, you clearly can't do that at the lexington tea party, and that's a situation far too common in this country among the self-designated "tea parties".
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