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Originally Posted by spence
There is no non sequitur pointing out irony or hypocrisy. Your statement assumed a conclusion that the media has indeed portrayed the tea party poorly. This is an opinion and one I wouldn't share.
My question made no assumptions. (Quote:"How does being self responsible stop someone else from portraying you poorly?") I did not mention the tea party, Republicans, any person or group in particular. The question asked, for the umpteenth time, IN GENERAL how being self responsible stops someone else from portraying you poorly.
As far as the tea party goes, how does not acting in a homo-sexual manner stop others from referring to them as "tea baggers?" How does the VAST majority not acting in a racist manner stop others from accusing them of being racists? How does not blowing up things and not killing people stop others from calling them the next coming of Timothy McVeigh?
And as for how "the media" has portrayed the tea party--it depends on which "media". Some have portrayed them very favorably. Some, very negatively. Some neutraly.
As to the Tea Party being Republicans. Every statistic I've seen indicates the VAST majority of those who claim association also vote Republican, poll like Republicans, have their events endorsed by Republicans and use Republicans as their celebrities. The Tea Party is indeed an off-shoot of the Republican party.
-spence
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The tea party and the Republican Party may have a lot in common, but they are not the same. Yes, it consists of many, most likely a majority of Republicans. It also contains many Libertarians and Democrats. It is not an off-shoot of the Republican party. If anything, the Republicans are trying to ride its coatails into the next election. Some have warned the tea partiers not to be co-opted by the GOP. I assume (and this, not my previous QUESTION,
is and assumption) that tea partiers will vote for those who campaign in favor of their concerns. If that be Republicans, so be it. If Democrats cannot abide those concerns, then they will, as is always done in politics, marginalize, misrepresent, and in any way possible discredit the tea party movement.