Sunday, August 22, 2010

Tea Bagger Condundrum

Nothing would anger your average Tea Bagger like logic and consistency.  The Tea Baggers are infamous for waving the Constitution and evoking its power in order to advance their agenda.  It doesn't always work for them, especially since freedom of religion, contained within the First Amendment would necessarily apply to Muslims in their efforts to build the Mosque near ground zero. Now, I reluctantly agree with them.  I think it is in poor taste for a Mosque to be built so close to ground zero. However, I don't go around wearing the  Constitution on my lhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/18/ground-zero-mosque-debate_n_686001.htm sleeve, espousing it like a sacred text, as do Tea Baggers and the whole Tea Party movement.
So the recogniton of hypocrisy is obviously not their strong suit.  These little inconsistencies take away from the validity of their movement.  Is the tea party movement based on principal, or archaic "us verses them" fear? I would argue the latter fuels it, and the Constitution is their weapon of choice.,  Those who live by the sword die by it and sometimes a weapon backfires. 

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