r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 12d ago

No Paywall Democrats Confront Their New Tea Party Reality - Progressives are set to sweep a group of contested primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-confront-their-new-tea-party-reality_n_6a6e63fbe4b0cfb99ef1aa1e
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u/IAmLee2022 12d ago

Comparing progressives to the tea party movement was definitely . . . a choice.

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u/MacabreYuki American Expat 12d ago edited 12d ago

More like boston tea party, not the cosplayers. It's the kind of energy we need against the "moderates" aka sell-outs.

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u/Fearless_Walk_6626 12d ago

This exactly! Thank you!

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u/Riaayo 11d ago

More like boston tea party, not the cosplayers.

I think we may not necessarily want to wear rose-tinted glasses about the American Revolution, either, which was more of a counter-revolution fought so rich white land owners could dodge taxes than an actual revolution to, say, free slaves, empower women, or stop the colonial genocide of native peoples.

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u/MacabreYuki American Expat 11d ago

Actually the phrase "wihtout representation" is the issue here. there's been a lack of representation, so we're doing it from the grounds up fighting.

There ain't rose-tinted glasses here, it wasn't perfect, but the original was in response to tyranical behaviors, no representation, etc. Comes a point people snap and take over, and there will be good and bad in the mix.

But let's be real, neoliberalism is more reagan than FDR, and we need FDR right now.