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Given the rhetoric of conservative activists and Republican officials during the 2008 presidential campaign, it was clear that the opposition to President Barack Obama would be strong. At the time, the rhetoric often spoke of unprecedented socialism and the idea that America would be forever changed. Obama was seen as more than just a liberal or a progressive, he was a devout socialist with numerous ties to dangerous radicals to his opponents.

After Obama took office, a movement of conservatives and libertarians would rise from the ashes of a defeated cause. Despite failing to stop Obama in 2008, these activists and concerned Americans would not give up. The result was a movement of people known as the Tea Party. The name is derived from the original Boston Tea Party during the American Revolutionary period, where demonstrators dressed up as Native Americans and dumped tea into Boston Harbor.

The Tea Party stood by basic conservative ideas such as defending gun rights, fiscal responsibility, and limited government constitutionalism. Tax Day rallies were launched by the Tea Party, who would use the day dedicated to collecting to the income tax to demonstrate their patriotic message. Activists would come together at massive gatherings and listen to speakers talk about the need to enact these principles in government.

This movement was also portrayed as radical by the American left. From Democratic politicians to left-leaning talking heads, the implication was that these groups were dangerous anarchists who wanted overthrow democracy because of racial tensions harbored against the first black President. The Tea Partys support of basic gun rights amounted to an embrace of violence against other human beings and government itself in the eyes of the left. Their support of limited government meant an endorsement of anarchy.

All of this hyperbole has continued to escalate over the years, with the portrayal as dangerous right-wing radicals subverting democracy continuing to remain prevalent.

But is it really the Tea Party Movement that is dangerous?

Whereas the Tea Party held peaceful rallies and elected politicians to numerous levels of office from municipalities all the way up to federal Congress, the new Resistance Movement has officially endorsed obstruction and destruction. In the aftermath of President Donald Trump pulling off a long-shot victory last year, many left-wing activists have adopted an explicitly pro-violence approach to politics that is based on intimidation and fear.

Alt-right youth icon MiloYiannopoulos and conservative firebrand Ann Coulter have both become targets of mass intimidation movements by leftists acting aggressively in large numbers. Reports of vandalism and assault are on the rise, such as the case in Berkeley when opposing viewpoints were invited to the college to speak.

What is more dangerous and radical: peaceful gatherings or disruptive violence?

This is a source of constant hypocrisy in American politics. When the Bundy ranchers took over a Bureau of Land Management building when it was empty and didnt fire a shot at any government official, they were portrayed as dangerous domestic terrorists by the left who needed to be taken down through force. After riots broke out across Ferguson that resulted in injuries, violence, and looting, the same leftists celebrated these violent protesters as agents of change.

What is the real danger to social order and stability?

The dangerous hypocrisy of the American left, which emboldens its more radical elements, should not go ignored. Disagreeing with the Tea Party is fine, it is an American right that even members of the Tea Party would defend. However, the left is now guilty of the exact transgressions they once accused the Tea Party of doing back when Obama was in office.

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State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, dressed down some of her tea party-aligned colleagues in a fiery speech on the House floor after they objected to a bill she authored that is aimed at identifying victims of human trafficking.

Back story: Thompsons speech on Thursday came after she had an exchange with the six Republicans who had petitioned to remove herHouse Bill 2629 from the Local and Consent Calendar, the agenda for non-controversial bills that pass without significant debate.

Now Im going to tell you something. I cursed out several members that was on that list. I used some bad words to them. I apologize for the bad words if any of yall heard them. I didnt apologize to them, Thompson said in her nine-minute speech.

Her bill would require beauticians to be trained in identifying signs of human trafficking in their clients. The conservative members objected because it created a new mandate. But they did not alert her ahead of time that they planned to raise questions about the bill, Thompson said.

I understand now what your position is, but you didnt talk to me before, and thats why you got that cuss out a little while ago, she said. Im Christian and Im here on a mission to do the will of God, and it does not mean protecting a pimp. It means Im going to protect and do everything possible for the victim.

While the bill is not dead, any minor derailment of legislation can be fatal with just a few weeks to go in the legislative session. The bill has been sent back to the Local and Consent Calendar Committee, where Thompson can amend it and bring it back to the floor.

Those who objected were Reps. Matt Shaheen, R-Plano; Matt Rinaldi, R-Irving; Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, Kyle Biedermann, R-Fredericksburg, and Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, according to the House Journal. Thompson also mentioned Rep. Jonathan Stickland, a Bedford Republican she refers to as Sticky, as a part of the group that objected.

That group ofconservative GOP lawmakers regularly raises questions about bills that otherwise would sail through floor proceedings, oftentimes frustrating their colleagues and slowing the work of the House.

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Tea Party meeting Sierra Star The Mountain Area Tea Party will host Colonel John Somerville during its next meeting, at 6:30 p.m. May 16 inside Yosemite Gateway Restaurant. Somerville will speak on The Muddled East, to discuss recent events in the region. Somerville retired from ...

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The San Angelo TEA Party will host Ruth York during its next meeting set for 6:30 p.m.Tuesday, May 9,at the West Texas Training Center, 3501 N. US Hwy 67 .

York is president of Tea Party Patriots of Eastland County, and will discuss the "Grateful Texan" campaign, which urges citizens to engage in positive and encouraging correspondence with elected officials.

This presentation will include a hands-on workshop designed for smart phones, and attendees are asked to make a note of app store usernames and passwords to facilitate downloading the free software during the event.

TEA Party meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month, and are always open to the public.

Coffee and refreshments will be served.

For more information please visitwww.SanAngeloTeaParty.org

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LOWLINESS Those running for offices in Mifflin County were given a chance to speak Monday night.

For the second month in a row, the Mifflin County Tea Party 9-12 group gave candidates running for Lewistown Borough Council, Lewistown Borough mayor and the Mifflin County sheriff the chance to share their platforms and what they hope to accomplish if elected.

This was the last meeting of its kind before the Pennsylvania Primary election on May 16.

Lewistown Mayor Deb Bargo, who is running for office again, was given the opportunity to speak first.

I wanted to speak to you a little bit as to who I am, she said. I was born and raised in Lewistown and there is something special about being the mayor of your hometown.

She stressed the importance of being kind and patient with everyone who comes into the office of the mayor.

Bargo said her goal is always to make sure the person is calmer or generates a better understanding after leaving her office. She also said there is something special about being in a small town, even though community members may get frustrated.

We have challenges, but we have a true core of good people here, she said.

Bargo said she has never regretted coming back and raising her family here and has enjoyed every minute of being mayor for the past nine years.

When speaking about the police department, Bargo said there is an issue but not that the officers are bad.

They are a good group of guys, she said. They just dont have the people skills. I will still stand behind them.

She said the new chief, Jeff Lusk, is working with the officers and helping them develop their people skills. She said he is encouraging each of the officers to pick a project that they can be involved in so they can be seen in the community.

I have confidence in the chief and think he can turn it around, she said. And dont give up on the guys, it is a hard job.

Venus Shade, candidate for Lewistown Borough council, spoke next. Shade is running for either the two year or four year term for council.

I come from a law enforcement background, she said. I currently teach at South Hills.

Shade said she decided to run because it was time for her to become involved and sees changes that could be made to make the life of her son better.

I have listened to people complain over and over and I want to be part of the solution, Shade said.

Some of the topics she mentioned included:

Deteriorating buildings, which could lead to higher crime rates.

Focusing on economic development.

Investing in the youth.

The old adage that this is how it always has been done needs to go, Shade said. We need to stop looking at things with blinders and get rid of the negative connotation.

She said when there is commitment and pride there is progress.

The final person to speak was Jim Drayer. Drayer is a candidate for Mifflin County sheriff and currently serves in the Mifflin County Sheriffs Office as a deputy sheriff.

For the past three years full-time but 12 years total, he said about his background.

He called himself a Marine brat that followed in his fathers footsteps and went into the Army before being honorably discharged. After he left the Army, he enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Police Academy, but ended up coming to Mifflin County to work.

I am not a Mifflin Countian, but I have lived here longer than I have lived anywhere, Drayer said. I can tell you this is great town and have raised my family here.

He said that current Mifflin County Sheriff Chris Shade came to him late in 2016 about running for sheriff.

I originally told him he was out of his mind, Drayer said. But after some consideration and speaking with friends and family, decided to run.

Drayer said he is running because things are not the way they were before and that scares him.

I am running for officer safety, he explained. Officers are getting shot every day and that is terrible.

Drayer said Chris Shade had been successful in this position and that he wants to add onto progress already made.

An example of changes Drayer would want to make is to bring less people into the courtroom jail cell because currently, sometimes too many are present. He also said he would like to see less of the six-on-one with taking prisoners back to the correctional facility.

There are just little things I would like change from learning on the job, Drayer said. I will do the best I can to be involved because I need to be out there.

Drayer said he is all for getting officers out there and being visible. He also said everything has to be done efficiently, even with the limited manpower that all departments are dealing with. He also said he would like to see the police departments training together because that could help with bringing the community together.

Where I feel I am best at is law enforcement, he said. I look back and everything I did was community based.

The other candidates for council include John Adams, William Parson, Nelson Rieffannacht, Mark Severs, Dave Campbell, William Wilson, Larry Searer, Matt Moore Keith Yoder and Shari Mundy. The other candidate for mayor is Kathy Wilson.

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