Why I Took My Family To a Tea Party
by Doug TenNapelI’ve never been to a protest. I hate protesters because they seem to be professional bitchers. They’re quick to complain and jump to picket signs and screaming at the drop of a hat. I once had lunch on a sidewalk cafe as a bunch of war protesters sat two tables away from us. I wouldn’t want my kids near that protest because the teens were screaming so loud and some were covered in fake blood, carrying signs with Bush super imposed with Hitler. Their chants included saying “fuck” a lot. Apparently, daddy’s private school money didn’t pay for an etiquette workshop.
But on Tea Party Day, no freaks show up. Because the issue isn’t about complaining that an untraditional group can’t get married. It’s not about opposing a war that some people approve and others don’t. It’s about being over-taxed to fund bail outs and expand government to exert control over the citizens. Who, besides this administration isn’t for that?
My family is safe among the over-taxed people. Hopefully, there will be a higher percentage of conceal and carriers…all the more American. No broken windows, nobody takes their clothes off. Nobody makes out in front of my kids. There are lots of nice old ladies wearing red white and blue. I love seeing the American flag in the hands of people who know how to use it. They wave it with gusto because it’s not the first time they’ve ever touched a flag. They didn’t have to buy one for Tea Party Day.
I want my kids to see this. It’s important for them to see that middle America gets mad too. Protests aren’t just for lefty victims and college kids. The politicians may not be listening and frankly, it would surprise me if this administration listened to my protest as much as they gave an ear to Europe. They’re more eager to listen to France than to American Republicans. After all, they know their constituents.
Now all that’s left is to watch media declare the tea party a quagmire, a sexual innuendo, an act of hypocrisy. The usual.
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I guess you don't like comments that disagree with you too strongly huh
Alright, let's try again.
First off, I find it disturbing that you're meant to be an "individualist" yet you have such a low tolerance for "freaks". Maybe if you knew some freaks instead of writing them off, you'd get somewhere in your arguments.
>. Because the issue isn’t about complaining that an untraditional group can’t get married.
"Untraditional group", oh wow. Yeah, because social definitions never change and traditions rule everything. How would you like if we inhereted the ancient greek rule of man/boy relationships? Fundies seem to think "Traditional" starts with christianity.
But yeah, if you're against "freaks" and you're against homosexuals it's pretty hard to call you individualist. Rather I'd say you're focusing on a smaller subset of things you believe make you an individual and are probably scared of having little or none. Nearly all your blog posts read 100% generic to what I've seen on various political messageboards. If it weren't for your art and writing(which is becoming increasingly dire, honestly) I'd be hard pushed to find anything that seperates you.
Whereas with these "freaks", it's easy to label them all as the same especially if they identify as part of a subculture. But you'll find a wider overall set of interests. I know people who are into all kinds of crazy things from folk-punk to vintage synthesisers to avante garde drama, often in the same person. Usually republican/con types pick one or two fairly mainstream "quirks" they cling to. This is a popular foreign view of america, predictably eccentric.
You are not an individualist. At some point you probably were before the Fundie virus took over completely, and what you're experiencing now is a throwback.
Having lower taxes will not make you more of an individual. Some of the most individual people I've met have been from Sweden, which to you would be socialist hell.
My second problem is how selective you are with these things… there are just as many nuts with Obama demonising posters, etc. and he's only just in office! Also, the level of aggressiveness doesn't prove an argument, but it doesn't disprove it either. If a particular group of people are riled up, it's probably because someone riled them up. You just can't use that as a valid metric.
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