I had a run-in with a liberal colleague who was ranting and raving against the TEA Party. When he paused for a moment to catch his breath, I asked him if he knew what T-E-A stood for. He answered that it stood for the Boston Tea Party. I said, “No. T-E-A is an acronym. Do you know what the acronym stands for?”. By that time, he had caught his breath and was ready for another volley. At no time did he subsequently ask about the acronym even though his ignorance had been exposed. The fact is that he simply did not care. Truth does not matter to these people. They operate purely on emotion, and when the decisions they make in life result in misery, they find a scapegoat to take it out on. It truly is a mental disorder.
Sturm und drang-—the counter enlightenment.