Well said. As you can probably tell, I have a deep seated hatred for 60’s radicals and the anti-war movement, and I consider it an insult of the highest order to have these good and decent Tea Party protesters compared to scumbags like them.
I agree. As a viet vet who went over during the early years (1965 -66) and then afterward went to college on the GI bill starting in the fall of 1969 I had the opportunity to observe the anti-war movement through two sets of lenses. My take on the thesis of the article that the Tea Parties echo 60’s protests holds no water. The 60’s anti-war movement primarily consisted of young college age students (and drop-out punks later on) who had a self-agrandized perception of themselves as too valuable and too privileged to go serve and possibly put their precious lives at risk. the Tea Party movement is made up of responsible people with jobs or who have retired after a life time of working. Two completely different demographics.
Amen to that. Another attempt to slap a label on what is the truest grassroots movement in centuries. The mainstream can’t or won’t grasp that.