Comments on: Republicans Pick the Wrong Week to Stop Sniffing Glue

By: C.T.

C.T. — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:48:12 +0000

I’m hoping that the Tea Party I attended is not indicative of the majority of them. It had only about 300 to 400 attendees, at least while I was there. I take the small number as a good sign, in this case, given the explicitly religious inspiration for this gathering. I get the impression that the larger Parties held in larger cities are secular for the most part, e.g., the one in Boston where several O’ists were scheduled to speak.

By: Andrew Dalton

Andrew Dalton — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:08:00 +0000

I remember reading an Objectivist’s opinion that the Tea Party events would be worthy of Objectivist participation only so long as they were philosophically inchoate; that is, possibly open to rational principles. I agree.

If this movement gets taken over by religion or other bad ideas, or if it becomes committed to eclecticism on principle (that is, like the Libertarian Party), then it will be worthless.

By: Myrhaf

Myrhaf — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:48:46 +0000

C.T., your report of that “Judeo-Christian Tea Party” is the worst news I have heard in some time. If that is the future of the Tea Party movement, then it is hopeless.

By: C.T.

C.T. — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:22:58 +0000

I too enjoyed that entry title. Very funny.

I was also at a local Tea Party, but it was an ugly one, billed as a “judeo-Christian” Tea Party, and they did not lie.

It’s sad that they doom themselves to irrelevance by being overtly religious in their motivations. Religion has nothing to offer toward solving our political problems.

If I could have spoken to them, I would have said, “One need not be religious in order to know he does not wish be enslaved by another. Religion is irrelevant to our crisis. We are not where we are because ‘not enough people are Christians.’ Plenty of Statist Liberals would claim to be as Christian as you.” Etc.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:39:11 +0000

First, that is the title of the month by far. Laughed out loud when I read it.

Second, you are depressing me!

Third, I was just at a tea party protest and there are a lot of angry freedom lovers out there. That’s the only thing that makes me optimistic. We need to harnass that energy.

great post.