The Tea Party is really about four things: Fear, Anger, Power and Change

[VT Sean Lewis]

The Tea Party is really about four things:
Fear, Anger, Power and Change

Sean Lewis
April 16, 2010

The Issue of Tea Party discontent currently in America and
the political discussion is about the emotions associated
with the shifting demographics of the US Population.

It is not about race per se, but about Power.

The demographic of the US population is becoming one of
diversity and color.

The 2008 Elections emphasized this. The status quo has
changed. It is this change that has created the anger and
fear of the far right conservatives of this Country.

Power is shifting away from the old guard and is being given
to the next generation. A Generation that is better educated,
informed, diverse and open to embrace change.

For Generations America was a Country with clear
understanding of who had the power and who did not. The
Constitution clearly stated this, White Male Land owners
Not the poor
Not Non Whites
Not Woman

White Male Land Owners had control of the Country and
made the decisions. This legacy and entitlement was understood
to be the way things worked, regardless of what the Amendments
to the Constitution states. This has changed.

The Country has clearly rejected the status quo and this is
personified by the election of a President who is for the leveling
of the playing field for all forcing the rich to be responsible and
accountable. The President also happens to be Black.

This one fact, A Black President makes the Change in Power
very apparent and the old guard of 'Entitled' white conservatives
are angry they did not get their way and have their candidate
elected, they are now in fear that if this president is successful
there is no turning back the clock,

No one likes to give up power, whether that power is real or
imagined, and many in the fringe have harbored xenophobic and
homophobic fears but felt societal pressure not to express these
bigoted ideas.

The tea bag movement has given a 'legitimate' outlet for this fear
and also anger at the lost of financial security the near Depression
has created. The old Guard is unwilling to accept the
changes needed to accept the new political environment or to adapt
to the changing economic and employment environment.

Tea baggers know they are becoming the minority, and that the
electoral process is no longer in their favor, so the Tea baggers are
trying to go outside of the Election process to turn back the clock
to
how things were, even if it means they will have to use violence to
accomplish this goal.

We are seeing a major turning point in America, it is truly becoming
a
melting pot, and all change is met with fear and anger as power is
shifted
away from one group to another.

How this ends is dependent on if the fires stoking hate, fear,
rhetorical
violence, and open dissent against Government authority, are allowed
to
go uncontested or challenged. Having lively political debate is the
American
way, however inciting revolution is not. This is NOT an American
colony
suffering from no representation, this is the minority not accepting
majority rule.

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[Peach]

I see fear, anger, ignorance & greed. Though many claim to be Vets, a
look at baggers shows most could not have been fit for service in
decades. Gluttony, sloth, indulgence, and selfishness control them.
They wish to contribute NOTHING to this nation; some of lowest forms
of humanity the US contains, one tiny step above Bundy, Rollings &
Gacy.

[Tom]

To use an antiquated term. Balderdash.

Tom

ARMY STRONG!! This We'll Defend.

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