I think it’s fair to say that I have defended the Tea Party movement pretty thoroughly against what I consider unfair criticisms and caricatures in the mainstream media. I have defended the movement against allegations that it is racist and un-Christian. I have argued that it is, in some ways, akin to a social justice movement. And I have (in a piece published two days ago) tried to give the broader historical context for the philosophy undergirding the movement (and yes, there is one). I find the Tea Party movement fascinating, and I am sympathetic to its concerns.
When Jeff Sharlet asks “Is the Tea Party Becoming a Religious Movement?“, however, he asks a question I have been asking for sometime as well. (I don’t agree with the article, by the way; but he asks a question that others are asking right now as well.)
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