This meme is going around is so so terribly ignorant of what Tea Party actually did that it’s painful, unless it’s deliberately misleading. Tea Party took over *electorally* by being energized *and* strategic and well-funded—the protests mattered some but only through that path. https://t.co/hJQQhOEOm8
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There is actually a lot the left and the Dems could learn from the Tea Party experience but it requires actually finding out what happened. Not writing your own ignorant narrative.
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This isn’t an argument for or against direct action. Successful movements use a range of tactics—deployed strategically. But the way Dems/left have let electoral infrastructure become hollow on their side for decades is the a big reason *under their control* for their weakness.
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How underfunded they have been comparatively to the Tea Party is an important example. Dems don’t fund or tend to electoral/civic infrastructure, nor do “liberal” billionaires the way it happens on the right. Those are factors under their own control. https://twitter.com/thestagmania/status/1049043054089392128 …
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A lot of “civility” talk, too. It’s a distraction. Successful movements don’t fetishize a method. They seek strength & strategy. Otherwise being against “civility” is Twitter bluster but besides the point. What’s the strategic path? Then comes the method. https://twitter.com/hindchristopher/status/1049043472127336450 …
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WTF exactly are you talking about? Protest is American as apple pie. Sounds like a right-wing call for civility, at a point where Dems are poised to turn outrage into a House and perhaps even a Senate majority. NOW IS THE TIME FOR CIVIL OUTRAGE!!!
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