I like and support the Tea Party Movement. But as I explained in this post, I don't like the idea of anti-sex crusaders in the form of the American Family Association taking it over.
So naturally, I was disappointed to see that the supposedly mainstream conservative Human Events, in its writeup of tomorrow's Tea Party Events, saw fit to discuss and link only the American Family Association's Tea Parties (which the group's website refers to as "AFA Registered"), in a manner clearly implying the AFA is responsible for the movement -- a preposterous notion.
I can't think of a better way to destroy the Tea Party movement than for the AFA take them over, and I sincerely hope that is not allowed to happen.
Unfortunately, there's not much I can do much one way or the other, as I'm not in a leadership position with any of the groups, and I'm not the type who goes to meetings. I'm not much of an activist, and I really don't like going to organized events with speakers. But I figured the least I could do was to donate some money to Tea Party Patriots.
Go to a Tea Party event if you can tomorrow. And if you can't, I suggest making a donation.
posted by Eric on 07.03.09 at 08:54 PM
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I think the AFA is desperate to be relevant and therefore is hijacking the tea parties so people think they are behind them - they are NOT.
andrewdb · July 3, 2009 11:51 PM
Well, they have a powerful ally on their side -- the LEFT!
I was initially concerned when I found the AFA website awhile back. But no one else (except Glenn and PJM) is gathering this stuff in one place. If I am looking for a local tea party to attend, where do I go to find this information? AFA is trying to fill that vacuum and build their mailing list at the same time. Now, I don't trust them any further than I can throw them (less actually). This is part of the problem of a decentralized, bottom up movement. Someone needs to begin organizing "Committees of Correspondence."
When I was at Cal I learned that the revolution needs a vanguard of committed cadres - the proletariat will not organize themselves and probably just have a false consciousness anyway. Of course that way just leads to a Gulag.
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I think the AFA is desperate to be relevant and therefore is hijacking the tea parties so people think they are behind them - they are NOT.