Violence against Tea Partiers continues

  The first thing to remember about the Tea Party is that, as Rush says, it is a frame of mind, not an actual party.
  That having been said, we might also note that Tea Partiers are highly organized and politically active, many for the first time in their lives. There are Tea Party groups all over this nation, many located in Ohio.
  They represent a powerful force, unreachable by the media and leftists since Tea Partying is, in reality, a frame of mind rather than a specific group located in a building somewhere.
  The Tea Party frame of mind originated as a spontaneous reaction to the progressive destruction of the American way of life. No one person is responsible. It's a force that has grown with the deterioration of the economy and the free giveaways that this government has encouraged by redistributing income.
  The fact that the Tea Party is so amorphous scares politicians, both left and right. They cannot be controlled and they are citizens making decisions for themselve, deciding which candidates they will support rather than contributing to national political parties.
  The nebulous nature of the Tea Party frustrates the establishment.
  This is why Maxine Waters first screamed the other day that the Tea Party could go "straight to hell and I'll help them get there," (which could be viewed as a threat). This is also why directly following that comment Waters carefully instructed her audience to adopt passion akin to the Tea Party.
  A significant tactic leftists use is to accuse their opponents of doing exactly what they themselves are doing.
  Freely accusing Tea Partiers of violence and racism, leftists violently attack those with whom they disagree; racism charges are unfounded, so leftists infiltrate Tea Parties with ugly signs and t shirts to make it look like Tea Parties are racist.
  The situation is pretty accelerated, considering how far away the presidential election is. Leftists are accelerating their outrageous and violent behavior, openly and savagely in large groups. Language warning:


  Here's reasoning from a Massachusetts Tea Partier for why leftists' arguments are NOT working and, ultimately, why the violent behavior is ratcheting up:

One of the first rules of making your case is to be able to get the average person to give you a hearing. From what I’m seeing the left in Wisconsin is doing a rather poor job of itwhile the Tea Party in Massachusetts is so mainstream they are hosting events that don’t contain GOP candidates.

  Tea Partiers were physically attacked in Missouri:

That’s the difference between progressive thugs and true Tea Party Patriots, I can go all day in a meaningful exchange using my wit and words. . .yet, when a progressive doesn’t get their way, they turn to violence.  I personally, feel it is never okay to touch ot hurt another person. . .EVER!  They don’t.
What was all that screaming about “peace” and a “new tone”?  Oh, I forgot, that street only goes one way. 

    As a Tea Party leader in Boston says, "The left could take lessons on civility from the Tea Party." 
  And, as Instapundit often says, indeed.