Isn't This Special

Isn't This Special

Nothing like a little agent provocateurism:

WHO WE ARE: A nationwide network of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents who are all sick and tired of that loose affiliation of racists, homophobes, and morons; who constitute the fake grass-roots movement which calls itself "The Tea Party."

WHAT WE WANT: To dismantle and demolish the Tea Party by any non-violent means necessary.

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Whenever possible, we will act on behalf of the Tea Party in ways which exaggerate their least appealing qualities (misspelled protest signs, wild claims in TV interviews, etc.) to further distance them from mainstream American and damage the public's opinion of them.

At least what I have seen of the Tea Partiers in Boise, they are at least as racially diverse as the rest of Boise (which admittedly, isn't saying much). It's quite astonishing, however, for liberals to openly state that their intention is to engage in this sort of behavior.

Now, it helps that much of the news media is already interested in misrepresenting the Tea Party movement. This isn't surprising. My experience in California politics is that when a group of gun rights supporters would show up at events in Sacramento, most of us would be dressed either appropriate for church or court, a few would be dressed casually--but it would be the one or two weirdos dresses in cammies holding offensive signs that would get all the media coverage. And oddly enough, they were often people that no one else involved in our cause had ever met before.