Let's see. Where Tea Parties gather, if one loon hitching himself to the message does/says something insane/inappropriate it DOES brand the whole Tea Party movement to be just as loony, racist or whatever.
In the current "occupy Wall Street" protest, when far worse happens (hundreds of arrests, trashing city parks, occupying government buildings, shutting down traffic, expressing racist views, causing millions of dollars in both police presence and cleanup), it DOES NOT define that movement?
In fact, I agree that a small percentage of folks engaging in outrageous behavior should not automatically 'define' the anti-Wall Street 'movement'. But the far milder actions of some people who attend Tea Party rallies ought not define the Tea Party either.
The unfair and generally untrue claims against the Tea Party deserve endless coverage, disdain, criticism, and harsh judgement by The Media and liberals. However, these current protesters can get away with actual crime and civil disobedience and that's okay or is to be excused.
No hypocrisy or irrationality there, right? Not by The Media. Not by the current protesters. Certainly not by the 'high-minded' liberals in congress who irrationally pontificate about how evil the Tea Party is due to the actions of a much lower number of loons.
I have news for you. The Tea Partiers have JUST AS MUCH RIGHT to their protests as these "occupy Wall Street" protesters do. In fact, the Tea Partiers have, arguably, more right to theirs because they have consistently(!) been 100 times more civil and lawful about it for a number of years now. Freedom of speech applies in fair measure to all or it isn't freedom at all.
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