Tea Party analogy to present is flawed. Most major media were absolutely riveted by the Tea Party in 2009-2010, giving it endless airtime. By comparison, media tend to dismiss and ignore left-wing insurgent movements, only covering them when they're absolutely forced to
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I wonder if that has more to do with the demographics of the protestors than their politics. The media expects young people to protest bc "that's what they do anyway". Easy to dismiss. But when a mother of three puts on the tricorner hat, all of a sudden it's relevant news
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Possibly, although consider the outsized coverage of the alt-right over the past 2-3 years. That's a demographic largely dominated by young people, but it attracted enormous attention. So I do think political complexion is probably the determinative factor, though it's complex
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