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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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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If you were writing a history of the how the Supreme Court tipped, you’d probably start with the 2010 midterm election. The Dems, in effect, abandoned every other lever power in the country besides the presidency. The right did not.https://twitter.com/r0wdy_/status/1049043721717575681 …
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Way to miss the point, which I’m quoting because this is a common way to miss the point. Strategic action is the one thing *under their control* that makes or breaks movements. Methods are secondary.https://twitter.com/icerafter/status/1049047876532285440 …
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One of the most successful movements in recent US history. They’ve changed so much to their own agenda despite numeric weakness. Very potent, strategic mix of protest and the laser-focused electoral actions. You don’t have to like a movement to study it.https://twitter.com/aldowyn/status/1049042637917810689 …
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Tea Party was largely Ron Paul republicans seeking to audit the fed, end deficit spending, and reduce the national debt. They haven’t accomplished any of that, largely because they were co-opted by big money republicans.
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