“Tea party was a tax protest, not a social issues protest.”
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The original certainly was, but the current movement is somewhat more social than fiscal in its composition. Opposition to the gay agenda is massive in the west.
We need both to win, and that gives clues to who the disruptors are.
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The tea party is a tax protest. It exists as a popular movement of a conservative impulse, and as such can serve as an arena of ideas where conservatives can sell their issues.
How is geocentricism and anti-Catholocism selling these days?