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A bit of a tangent to the article, and your point at large, but i must: For the politically minded: the Tea Party promoters are not libertarians. The basic plat
by liquidise 11y ago
A bit of a tangent to the article, and your point at large, but i must: For the politically minded: the Tea Party promoters are not libertarians. The basic platform argues for an increase in government control over social issues. The antithesis of the libertarian definition.
The Tea Party is really just farther-right conservative.
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoThat's not my impression. To me, it seems that the Tea Party is mostly a reaction against Republicans that are not fiscal conservatives. I will stand corrected if you can point me to something that is an official "platform" of the Tea Party, but to my knowledge, no such thing exists...
- wisty 11y agoI think it's a reaction against stuff that Republicans don't like with the Republican Party.
- kevin_thibedeau 11y ago>the Tea Party is mostly a reaction against Republicans that are not fiscal conservatives Find me a tea partier who is willing to cut pork going to their own district? They don't exist. All their bloviating about being more conservative than the other guy is dog whistles to get themselves elected.
- Turing_Machine 11y agoYeah, I'm no Tea Partier, but was wondering about this "platform", too.
- brooklyndavs 11y ago> The Tea Party is really just farther-right conservative. Republicans with funny hats :)