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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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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The left lacks a master architect on par with Karl Rove.
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AFAICT most billionaires are conservatives because it is in their personal financial interest: low taxes, gutting the IRS, rigged offshore asset holding regs, etc. Ain't nearly as many George
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But there aren't nearly enough b-aires to win. They win because they're absolutely clear on how to manipulate voters and do it absolutely.
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Libs/progs really don't want to grasp WHY voters vote as they do. It's not a logical process, nor is it economical, and it can't be reached by logic or economics. It's emotional, mostly dark - fear and rage. Until they learn to defuse and respond to those, RAPEublicultists win.
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When I hear "they voted against their self-interest" I want to hit people. NO, you morons. You never bothered to learn what they think their self-interest IS. Con voters have reasons that aren't just money. GOTP gets it, you don't, so they win, you don't.
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The other factor missing for the left is Fox News, which provided wildly outsized amplification of the Tea Party protests from its very inception, as
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