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MyshkinCommaPrince

(611 posts)
2. The "Tea Party"...
Fri Aug 23, 2013, 12:56 AM
Aug 2013

The "Tea Party" is not a party, it is an extremist Republican faction. By talking about the faction as though it were a separate entity, I wonder if the Republicans end up being insulated somewhat from any public backlash against "Tea Party" ideas. These "Libertarians" are also a Republican faction, another group of Republican extremists. If we call them Libertarians, perhaps Republicans aren't held accountable for extremist Republican ideas and actions, and the pre-existing Libertarian Party gets the blame. Seems like maybe one of those big framing issues which George Lakoff has been warning us about for years.

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