And the fear is palpable:
The Tea (Taxed Enough Already) Party-people consider themselves a coherent and diverse network of Americans from every conceivable walk of life. They are cultural warriors fighting against the tax-happy, spend-happy ways of the evil Obama cabal, real American patriots, and staunch defenders against the creeping evils of Socialism.
In reality, their ‘movement’ is incredibly divisive, a mindset that stands in sharp contrast to Obama’s calls for bipartisanship in this time of great national need. Their arguments have the potential to divide the country along titanic lines not seen since the bloody days of the Civil War.
Think I’m exaggerating here? The Tea Party movement is an incredibly dangerous concept, fuelled by the usual gushes of sycophantic support from the conservative news media (here’s looking at you, Fox). Consider a recent poll posted on Sean Hannity’s website, asking his loyal followers if they thought America was ripe for ‘revolution’. Or perhaps you’ve heard some of the vitriolic treasonous crap spewing forth from the mouth of Fox’s resident white-haired lunatic, He Who Shall Go Unnamed. You can tune in to his show practically any day of the week for an (increasingly) thinly veiled call to arms against the President and his evil liberal cronies.
The Tea Party Movement is basically a flag for Republicans disenfranchised by last year’s election results to rally behind. Give it up, guys. You lost fair and square. Obama and his policies have the mandate of the people- unlike a certain Bush I could mention.
If the country continues down this dark path, a second Civil War might not just be a cool idea for a sci-fi novel anymore. Can you imagine the potential for chaos if some of these ‘protesters’ decide to exercise the Second Amendment and bring their weapons to these rallies? There’s a thin line between peaceful protest and bloodthirsty patriotic fervor, especially if those protesting are used to being on the side of the mighty status quo.
In a certain sense, this kook is right – we are ripe for a civil war in this country. But the threat doesn’t come from that fact that people will be out protesting Obamunism, but from the past 30 years of leftist hate- and fear-mongering. We on the right are simply tired of trying to accommodate the left. We’ve been insulted one too many times, and we’re in no mood to continue with the status quo.
For the past 30 years, if a conservative said that affirmative action is misguided, he’s been called a racist; if he says that homosexual sex is a sin, he’s been called a homophobe; if he holds that the border should be controlled, he’s been called a racist; if he asserts that physical standards for cops and firefighters shouldn’t be lowered to allow more women in, he’s been called a sexist; if he states that America stand against communist tyranny, he’s been called an imperialist; if he welfare is destructive, he hates the poor; if he thinks that social security should be privatized, he wants to kill old people…on and on and on; pick any conservative position, and the left doesn’t argue against it – all it does is try to demonize the conservative messenger.
Well, we conservatives are not a bunch of racist, sexist, homophobic, greedy, imperialist bastards. We just don’t think that the prescriptions of liberalism and its offspring, socialism, are correct. And we’re not going to lay down any longer for the left – we had one, last chance at national unity after 9/11 and we extended the olive branch. All we got for our trouble was a campaign of slander against President Bush and any GOPer who the left could lay its hands on. The cup of concord is broken – we are willing to repair it, but the left must cease and desist with its attempts to destroy us. Argue with us; contest us at the polls – but don’t try to force us out of the debate by slandering us, and then turning about demanding bi-partisanship. Nothing doing.
We intend to demonstrate, agitate and do everything we can to obtain power over the next two election cycles. If we win, we won’t spend even a moment reaching out to the left – we’re just going to completely overturn the left’s policies and set America back on its proper, conservative path. Once we do obtain power, if the left shows proper respect and treats us decently, then if we are forced out of power at some future election, we’ll be more than willing to do the same…but the first move is up to the left. The left has to atone for the poison it has injected into our politics – only then can national unity be restored.
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