I'm seriously becoming concerned for the future of our nation

[genibane]

If you're a die hard member of the tea-party, then you probably don't want to read this:http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/01/14/tea-party-wants-slavery-removed-from-student-textbooks/?ncid=txtlnkusbv00000004

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[kitsjay]

In my (admittedly biased) opinion, similar articles to these are distorting and providing a false image of what the Tea Party is actually trying to do.

Which is sad, because the Tea Party is quite ridiculous and rage-inducing enough without distorting it. The plain truth would quite suffice in making the Tea Party look terrible.

My dad supports the Tea Party and told me that it was "for states' rights and less government"; if it were, I wouldn't have a problem with it (some people want more government, some want less, and in the end, we usually end up close to "just right"). It's the blatant racism, bigotry, and idiocy running rampant in this party that I have a problem with.

What I truly don't understand is that these people seem to think that you can only have one or the other of something, that humans aren't capable of complex ideas and a multiplicity of facets. I am perfectly capable of respecting the Founding Fathers while being able to condemn their owning slaves, culpability in genocide and relocation of Native Americans,

[kitsjay]

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/01/13/tennessee-tea-party-education/

The Founders should indeed be praised as visionaries, but they were humans and thus fallible products of their time. Any attempt to white-out the darker parts of their history does a disservice to the “truth” these tea party activists claim to promote.

Aaaand that above is what I was trying to say, but put so much better than I ever could.

[genibane]

All I know is that I find it hard to understand or trust anyone who's on the far side of anything, be it Republican, Democrat, Tea Party, etc. because those kinds of people refuse to see or believe anything that doesn't fit into their "truth."