[MD] Tea Bagging

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On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:15 PM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu> wrote:

> [Mark]
> While I like progress, sometimes it is in the wrong direction.  An
> increasingly
> overly intrusive government is one such wrong direction.
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> [Arlo]
> And you feel that dismantling the separation of church and state will
> curtail
> government intrusion???
>
> As I mentioned last time, those railing against government intrusion the
> loudest are also the ones seeking to use the government to coerce others to
> behave like them. This is like the mother in the school I mentioned. They
> have
> NO trouble with intrusions like deny Muslim the freedom to wear a veil, or
> making flag burning a federal crime, or having the government define who
> you
> can marry. It is simple substituting coercion upon them with coercion upon
> others.
>
> There is no doubt that government, left unchecked, can slip towards
> totalitarianism. But government is also a safeguard AGAINST intrusion. The
> First Amendment specifically defined a wall that protected you FROM
> coercion.
> And that's the kicker, the people who most vocally want to tear down this
> wall
> WANT to do so to coerce others.
>
> Again, its like the woman who wanted "creationism" in school... nobody
> else's
> "creationism", mind you, just HERS. This defines Tea Baggery to the "Tea"
> (as
> it were).
>
> [Mark]
Yea, I'm am against those guys too, all of them.

In my interpretation, the bill of rights was to prevent coercion from a
Government.  But, what do I know, not my field of expertise.

It occurs to me that you do not know what the Tea Party is about.
 Creationists?  Pro-lifers? Gun toting Neanderthals?  I think not; I suggest
you stop watching MSNBC, unless you want to Lean Forward (and not for some
soap).  I don't have the patience to explain it.

Over and out.

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