OK, I’m finally buying in to the idea that the Tea Party movement is advocating lawlessness, violence, and direct action against their opponents. I got my hands on a press release put out by some of their leaders, and the language is downright disturbing.
What do you do when patient petitioning, protest marches and court orders fail? What do you do when all the protocols and cheat codes of democracy fail? This is what you do: you reclaim the language of democracy from the twisted bunch that have hijacked, cannibalized and subverted it.
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The proper channels have failed. It’s time for mass civil disobedience to cut off the financial oxygen…
If you’re one of those who believe that this is not just necessary but also possible, speak to us. Let’s talk about what that mass civil disobedience is going to look like.
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We know who you are. We know where you live. We know where you work.
And we be many, but you be few.
Damn, is there anything more scary and dangerous than right-wingers getting together to push their political agenda? The authorities better do something before someone gets hurt.
