Comments on: When people who should know better believe nonsense http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2009/04/19/when-people-who-should-know-better-believe-nonsense/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:49:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: gs http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2009/04/19/when-people-who-should-know-better-believe-nonsense/#comment-320939 gs Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:28:11 +0000 http://www.dinocrat.com/?p=9633#comment-320939 The Boston Tea Party was about illegitimate taxes. Afaik the main point of the current protests is that illegitimate government spending will ruin future generations and bankrupt the country. Calling the protests tea parties helps get attention and so does holding them on April 15, but the implication is inaccurate. The passions behind the Boston Tea Party and contemporary protests may be similar, but the issues are different. Today's 'tea party' labeling leaves the underlying message open to be distorted by opponents and misunderstood by the public. The mislabeling will be corrected if the protests jell into a long-term constructive political movement. The Boston Tea Party was about illegitimate taxes. Afaik the main point of the current protests is that illegitimate government spending will ruin future generations and bankrupt the country.

Calling the protests tea parties helps get attention and so does holding them on April 15, but the implication is inaccurate. The passions behind the Boston Tea Party and contemporary protests may be similar, but the issues are different. Today’s ‘tea party’ labeling leaves the underlying message open to be distorted by opponents and misunderstood by the public.

The mislabeling will be corrected if the protests jell into a long-term constructive political movement.

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