But consider the teabaggers' behavior. You might recall that, during the health care debate, the teabaggers had a strategy of attending town hall meetings and shouting down any argument in favor of government involvement in health care insurance. In fact, no argument even needed to be made before the teabaggers began shouting. Their intent was to disrupt.
For all their talk about freedom, their behavior showed their lack of belief in democracy.
Of a piece with that behavior was their habit of bringing sidearms to Barack Obama's speeches. Their claim was that they were making a statement about their Second Amendment rights, but the truth is that wearing their guns was an attempt at intimidation. Again, very undemocratic behavior.
The teabaggers would like to "take their country back" from a government that was elected by a wide margin, democratically. If things don't go their way this time, they warn, well they just might spill blood. More than a tinge of terrorism in their threat.
Recently, one Tim Proffitt, a member of Rand Paul's organization, in an attempt to control an anti-Paul protester, stomped on her neck while another "man" held her down. This behavior, I suggest, is a further step toward brown shirts, truncheons, and jackboots.
Of Tim Proffitt and his victim, Lauren Valle, who is the lover of freedom and democracy, and who is their enemy?
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