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MyshkinCommaPrince

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2. The "Tea Party"...

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Thu Aug 22, 2013, 11:56 PM

Aug 2013

The "Tea Party" is not a party, it is an extremist Republican faction. By talking about the faction as though it were a separate entity, I wonder if the Republicans end up being insulated somewhat from any public backlash against "Tea Party" ideas. These "Libertarians" are also a Republican faction, another group of Republican extremists. If we call them Libertarians, perhaps Republicans aren't held accountable for extremist Republican ideas and actions, and the pre-existing Libertarian Party gets the blame. Seems like maybe one of those big framing issues which George Lakoff has been warning us about for years.

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If Republicans are the real enemy, why call them Libertarians? [View all] cthulu2016 Aug 2013 OP

A paranoid person might think they are trying to take civil liberties "off the table", nt Bonobo Aug 2013 #1

A reasonable person would ask who is actually calling Republicans "libertarians". KittyWampus Aug 2013 #3

A deranged person might blame the democratic process itself Bonobo Aug 2013 #9

The "Tea Party"... MyshkinCommaPrince Aug 2013 #2

It's so you won't notice Dem & GOP policies are the same leftstreet Aug 2013 #4

Fear mick063 Aug 2013 #5

Libertarian is used as a pejorative with impunity here. OnyxCollie Aug 2013 #6

It is fine to use capital L Libertarian as a pejorative, since cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #8

Many times it is an attempt to paint those liberals who are against the spying and surveillance quinnox Aug 2013 #7

Look at how the Wikileaks Party was appropriated by right-libertarians. joshcryer Aug 2013 #13

The libertarians currently have a strategy of trying to struggle4progress Aug 2013 #10

"civil libertarian" is a compound phrases that means something different struggle4progress Aug 2013 #11

Big L Libertarians appropriated the word to obfuscate the politics. joshcryer Aug 2013 #12

Assange said that the "libertarian section of the Republican party" was American's "only hope." pnwmom Aug 2013 #14

I think you got it right. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #15

I think the real issue is... LeftishBrit Aug 2013 #16