Posted on 04/27/2010 5:34:22 PM PDT by grand wazoo
A recent ‘tea party’ rally showed lots of anger toward President Obama, but little consistent support for liberty in America.
Many “tea party” activists staunchly oppose big government, except when it is warring, wiretapping, or waterboarding. A movement that started out denouncing government power apparently has no beef with some of the worst abuses of modern times.
Unfortunately, there is scant evidence that most tea partyers have studied the copies of the Constitution they generously hand out to bystanders.
At a Tax Day tea party in Rockville, Md., the speaking venue was draped with a huge banner: “Tired of Big Government?” Members of the “Tyranny Response Team” stood near the front of the rally with their official blue T-shirts. Giant American flags and ones with “Don’t Tread on Me” (with a coiled rattlesnake) were carried around by men with tri-corn hats. Political campaigns busily sold “9/11 Remembrance” bracelets.
And yet, the crowd of 300 seemed most outraged that the US government is not being sufficiently aggressive in using its power.
Ken Timmerman, the author of “Preachers of Hate: Islam and the War on America” and other hawkish books, declaimed that the US government must take every step to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons. Mr. Timmerman denounced the Obama administration for being soft on Tehran and urged support for legislation to impose harsh sanctions on Iran. Timmerman previously advocated a US naval blockade of Iran, which he claimed was planning a nuclear attack on the United States.
Running through a litany of President Obama’s greatest failings, Timmerman denounced him for forcing US agents to “stop using enhanced interrogation methods. Has that made us safer?”
“No!” the crowd hollered indignantly.
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
I dunno. These days that’s kind of a hard question. It’s not as if they are mutually exclusive. Sort of like hating George III and loving liberty.
‘Tea party’ activists: Do they hate liberals more than they love liberty?”
I reject the premise...one does not exclude or include the other. Besides, for me it might be a toss up, so it is impossible to answer. I also think that liberty in this country will not survive liberalism, so coexistence makes no sense. The left has consistently demonstrated (120 million dead in less than a hundred years) that they will not live peacefully with others.
More from the useful tool Bovard who wants us subjugated so long as the Jizya is flat and cheap.
Loving liberty pretty much demands hating liberalism, which is anti-liberty. (not hating liberals, per se)
The Tea Party people know that and the quotes in the article reflect that knowledge.
I think it should be OK to waterboard panty waisted liberals and restrict their ability to write this jibberish. /s
Patriots love liberty...liberals hate liberty..therefore Patriots hate liberals.
Very, very, simple.
I do, and admit it. I will not talk to them nor associate with them, nor support their businesses. Even if they were relatives.
That's their "Change". They wanted it, they got it.
Is this a trick question?
More accurately, real Americans despise the Obama Regime precisely as much as they love liberty, and that is because they love liberty.
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
George Washington
You don’t need a big gov’t to waterboard an Islamist - you just need a smart gov’t.
To be more accurate, I don’t like liberals BECAUSE I love liberty. If liberals were in favor of liberty we’d have more in common.
>> ‘Tea party’ activists: Do they hate liberals more than they love liberty?
It’s really about Leftists.
Do you love ice cream more than you hate dog shit?
No I don’t hate liberals. I even find occasional room for agreement with them.
The Marxists running the show are a different matter. They’ve made it clear that they want to eliminate conservatives as a political force forever. If Bill Ayers is any indicator, they have far harsher methods in mind.
I wonder if he heard this...
http://feedyouradhd.blogspot.com/2010/04/kind-words-from-our-lovely-friends-on.html
Now THAT’S some hate going on!
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