These people endorse totalitarian policies and the police state in such cases as Joe Arpaio.
Arpiao is extreme in his unorthodox practices, but the problem with the totalitarian police state is not making prisoners wear pink outfits, but rather the prevalence of no-knock raids and army-style vehicles in small towns to combat drugs. The Tea Party is increasingly being the group pushing back on those things.
The Tea Party's favorite politicians tend to be rather authoritarian in practice, and I seldom hear them denouncing the police state and surveillance apparatus as such. And even fewer of them denounced it from 2005-8, during the first three years of its revelation.
The Tea Party didn't come into play until 2009, so your criticism of them not speaking up makes no sense. That you continue to view the Tea Party as authoritarian means you misunderstand the Tea Party, authortiarians, or both.
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Date: 8/5/14 00:28 (UTC)Arpiao is extreme in his unorthodox practices, but the problem with the totalitarian police state is not making prisoners wear pink outfits, but rather the prevalence of no-knock raids and army-style vehicles in small towns to combat drugs. The Tea Party is increasingly being the group pushing back on those things.
The Tea Party's favorite politicians tend to be rather authoritarian in practice, and I seldom hear them denouncing the police state and surveillance apparatus as such. And even fewer of them denounced it from 2005-8, during the first three years of its revelation.
The Tea Party didn't come into play until 2009, so your criticism of them not speaking up makes no sense. That you continue to view the Tea Party as authoritarian means you misunderstand the Tea Party, authortiarians, or both.