Extremists. Bigots. Intolerants. Terrorists. Teabaggers. All pejoratives used to describe the those who call themselves the Tea Party.
Are they all of this? And more? Who are these people, really?
Well, let's look at a little history. Think of America 100 years ago–before Marxism crossed her threshold. A diverse population from all around the world. Millions of free-market, independent, God-fearing, self-sufficient people who came here seeking freedom, opportunity and a new life.
Now import into that population a whole new value system. A collectivist mentality. 'From each with the ability to each with the need.' Marxism. Free money for all! Equal in every way. No cares. The long sought utopia.
Build this mindset into the schooling system. Project it every night in the news. Subtly weave it into movie plots. Do this for a hundred or so years and watch it get disciples. Lots of them. Watch as person by person, this seductive new value system replaces the old. Suddenly the constitution makes less sense. It limits central control. It must be old-fashioned–made by dinosaurs in white wigs. Watch as free markets become less free. Government grows exponentially as do taxes to support it. Newly minted tyrants seek central control of everything. People become less self-sufficient and more entitled; less independent and more willing to lean on the state for sustenance. Watch as this new mentality changes the face and fabric of much of the country.
But not everyone is taken in.
Marxist mentality, today, resides in only part of the population. More than half of Americans are untouched. To them this new value system–which has failed every time it's been tried–makes no sense. To them, yielding freedom to an ever-growing state is anathema. They value private property. They value individual freedom. They value prosperity. They come together to decry this invasive control. They wave signs. They resist. Though it's not in their nature, they take to the streets.
Bigots? Terrorists? Extremists? Today's Tea Party is nothing more than the portion of the population that is untouched by the Marxist mindset. Those who have NOT changed. Those who see through the many deceptions and reject the false promises of the Marxist left.
Next time you think about calling the Tea Party extremist, remember that it is nothing more or less than America before the invasion of Marxism.
