Reply #53: Looking back on it now, I agree with you.

[SteppingRazor]

And if I had the benefit of hindsight, I'd probably have written something different. But this was a year ago, when the tea parties were in their infancy. One thing that's always struck me about the left's protests vs. those of the right is protesting what has happened vs. what will happen.

The left protested the actual Iraq War, which actually came about because of an actual pack of lies and actually killed thousands of Americans.

These tea partyers are protesting that Obama will take their guns away, will take the country into communism, will raise their taxes, etc., etc.

Rather than protesting real, actual events, they're protesting about their perception of the future. When looked at from that standpoint, the tea parties are even more bizarre than we're giving them credit for.