Originally Posted by MisterPeabody

If your respect (my word) for the Tea Party is based on their taking action then do you also respect the hundreds of thousands of people who marched on Washington to protest the wars in Iraq and elsewhere? This happened many times during Bush, but the propaganda we have in this country called "the media" rarely reported it. Fifty thousand tea baggers can show up somewhere and they're ALL OVER the news. Makes it seem like a bigger movement than it really is. But half a million show up in 2004 to protest the war and it got a total of 12 minutes of airtime on the 3 cable channels. Now come on!

I agree activism is the best thing, and I agree the tea partiers have 100% rights to protest. I, too, applaud their taking action, if only because the more they talk and protest the easier it is to see where they're really coming from. But don't assume other non-teabaggers do not protest or are activists, because they are. the real sadness here is the media in this country, who broadcast their own agendas and get people like Mo and Peabody upset for their own gains.