Remember the anti-Obama Tea Party movement, when thousands of crazies hit the streets protesting that communist plot … Obamacare?
It seems we are now in the midst of a relapse of that decade-old anti-government activism. Demonstrations are popping up in many places protesting the stay-at-home orders issued by state governors because of the coronavirus.
“They have a very Tea Party feel,” said Tea Party Express co-founder Sal Russo of the demonstrations.
So far, however, the protests have not been as big as the ones from the Tea Party days. But that could change rapidly as Trump and his favorite network, Fox News, support and encourage the demonstrators.
And just like with the Tea Party protests, we are witnessing stupidity, and illogic, at its highest level through signs the protestors are displaying.
Perhaps the most iconic, and dumbest, anti-Obamacare sign during the Tea Party days was the “Keep Government Out Of My Medicare! You Damn Socialists!”
Now we’re seeing signs such as “Give Me Liberty … Or Give Me Covid-19”
We have “Social Distancing = Communism.”
Then you have “That Face Mask You Were Duped Into Wearing Symbolizes You Losing Your Freedom Of Speech.”
Yet, among these wacky signs, you occasionally see one that actually hits on the real hardships brought about by the coronavirus lockdown orders.
My favorite one of these? “I need a haircut.”
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These protests are more consequential than the Tea Party demonstrations. People will die. Sad.
Yet Trump and Fox encourages them! Sad.
Actually these protests are financed and organized by the same people that brought you the tea party doofusses. When they say “don’t tread on me” they actually are asking for the wealthy and their corporations to do just that.