Anachronism
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Anachronism, you get the prize for having one of the better posts. I understand the grey area, I'll use the union example from my previous post. Unions can do both shitty and good things to his country as can corporations. In American style democracy both factions are supposed to be represented, but not under Tea Party ideas. When I am critical of Fox News, it is because their network takes the stance union bad, corporation good.
I'm not a Tea Party member, personally. I don't find them to be ACTIVE enough in what they claim to want to do. I'm probably about three or four steps further to the Right of the political spectrum from the Tea Party. To that end, I'll be honest that I'm not terribly interested in open mindedness or debate on socio-political issues.
Most people's values are greatly influenced by their family. My political conscious, and my notion of right and wrong come from this group. I am accusing the Tea Party of putting a mask of liberty and democracy over the face of fascism, defining democracy and liberty as what is more commonly defined as fascism.
I will agree with you that the Tea Party should be more open about what their true interests are. Then again I've never been accused of being a major proponent of Liberty or Democracy. I'm an Authoritarian at heart. Not quite too the level of Fascism, but not all that far away either.
Maybe my point is being misinterpreted. Do Tea Party supporters realize they are calling for a fascist US government, and that's what they want, or are they just stupid? It's obvious that fascism is the goal of this organization.
I can't speak for the Tea Party, but as for those of us who I would call Conservatives, I would suggest that YES we are well aware that what we're talking about is Authoritarianism. Unfortunately at this time and with the current citizenry/population of this country I/We don't see any other way to straighten things out.