It’s a point that can’t be emphasized enough: The Tea Party of today is nothing like the Boston Tea Party of America’s revolutionary days. First of all, there’s no real revolution in the Tea Party protesters of today. They’re not looking to build anything new to support progress in our nation: They’re just looking, greedy, to hold on to the stuff they’ve got because they don’t want to share.
In order to justify their opposition to social programs that help their neighbors, the Tea Party activists come up with elaborate conspiracy theories about Muslims from Kenya and Communist plots to enslave us all by keeping Americans healthy.
The Boston Tea party was for freedom. Today’s Tea Party is for fear.
