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Any support for a petition to the WH (Original Post) LiberalElite Jun 2014 OP
Good idea yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #1
Based on Sassysdad Jun 2014 #2
Haven't they called for armed insurrection many times? LiberalElite Jun 2014 #3
That has what to do.. Sassysdad Jun 2014 #7
I guess you could do that if you wanted to look foolish. tritsofme Jun 2014 #4
That's one reason why I posted - LiberalElite Jun 2014 #5
If there are specific groups that engage in domestic terrorism they should be labeled as such. tritsofme Jun 2014 #6
I would rather just label them Shankapotomus Jun 2014 #8
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
1. Good idea
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 07:14 PM
Jun 2014

There is no way that Obama will call the Tea Party a terrorist organization. However, if you get 100,000 signatures, President Obama will have to say something at least.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
3. Haven't they called for armed insurrection many times?
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 07:31 PM
Jun 2014

Also the (spectacularly failed) American Spring demo to overthrow the government; The murder of two police officers yesterday by white supremacists who draped the bodies with the Tea Party appropriated Gadsden flag; Bundy's open defiance of the BLM with the help of armed supporters. That's just the recent activity.

 

Sassysdad

(65 posts)
7. That has what to do..
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 08:11 PM
Jun 2014

...with the TP?
These freaks were Nazi wannabes. Regardless of anyone's views of the TP...this is a bad conflation without evidence of a connection.

tritsofme

(17,323 posts)
4. I guess you could do that if you wanted to look foolish.
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 07:36 PM
Jun 2014

How do you define "Tea Party"? What do you think this designation would accomplish and what are the consequences? There is a strange and scary authoritarian streak that runs through this place from time to time.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
5. That's one reason why I posted -
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 07:42 PM
Jun 2014

I don't know what to put in the "find out more" part. I'm

re: scary and authoritarian - you don't think the Tea Party is any way scary and authoritarian? If you're aiming that at me, your way way way off.

tritsofme

(17,323 posts)
6. If there are specific groups that engage in domestic terrorism they should be labeled as such.
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 08:03 PM
Jun 2014

Like the Bundy people perhaps.

But "Tea Party" is such a generic term it could describe some 30% of voters. If your intention is to declare the latter "terrorist" or whatever, then yes, I would definitely consider that an exercise in authoritarianism.

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
8. I would rather just label them
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 08:23 PM
Jun 2014

anti-government than tea party, if you are attempting to equate the two. It's too easy for the Tea Party to deny a connection. But if you want to advance a narrative that can't really be denied, they basically share the same anti-government language.

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