The difference between teaparty and KKK/White nationalist party of any kind? Organization...

[randys1]

One is a branch of a political party and is organized to effect or change government, or destroy it and to always cause as much harm as possible to minorities.

The other is an activist group designed to express hatred and possibility physical harm for minorities of all kinds.

So the difference really is the way they are organized...

I was going to include the entire repub party in this comparison but that isnt fair, there are decent republicans; although to be decent and still be registered to a party that is designed to cause so much harm, it is hard to give them that but I will.


This is only my opinion, of course. Based on observations, my favorite is when the group of republicans met the very night Obama was inaugurated, vowing to destroy the american economy so they could destroy Obama.

Then there is the tepartier who takes guns to Obama speeches or screams "I want my country back"

[RKP5637]

1. Pretty much sums it up for me! n/t

[Dont call me Shirley]

2. Then teabagger who screams "You lie" to the President as he delivers his State of the Union Address

[randys1]

3. Thanks for the reminder, maybe we could all list examples

[Dont call me Shirley]

4. The post should easily and quickly amass a loooong list then.

[randys1]

5. I wonder if anybody here disagrees with my "opinion"

[JaneyVee]

6. They share a near unanimous similar platform.

[gollygee]

7. I really think the Tea Party is the KKK but rebranded

The Tea Party today is very much like the KKK was in the 30s or so. I think they wanted that political power again and formed the Tea Party, much as Amway formed Quixtar because no one wanted to be associated with Amway anymore.

[daredtowork]

8. I would add stealth/guerilla-style tactics

The KKK is upfront with it's symbols and confrontational actions.

The Tea Party organizes more like guerrilla warfare or terrorist cells: they will keep plausible deniability on the surface, while taking on "missions" to subvert and destroy the "enemy". This is why much of the Tea Party's presence is online where they can use troll articles and hurl noise to overwhelm twitter hashtags, manipulate polls and amazon reviews, and astroturf everything else they can find. In real life they may also do "ops" like take down political posters, steal newspapers with negative op-eds, tamper with ballot boxes, or divert "undesirables" from the polls. They are the slime beneath the surface.

[blkmusclmachine]

9. the Ku Klux Klan = the Tea Party = today's Republican Party

[Dont call me Shirley]

10. = the oligarchs

[True Blue Door]

11. That's what the Republikkkan Party has become.

Yes, there are decent members, just as there were decent members of the Nazi Party in 1930s Germany. Basically irresponsible people who care more about symbols than reality, but are always very polite and cheerful with their neighbors.