My beef with the teabaggers

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Yes, extremism has always been a problem on both sides of the political spectrum, even in America. I would say it's probably better now than it has been in a while, though.

Those sound like the rowdiest "tea partiers" I've ever heard of. I've never heard of tea partiers attacking people without physical provocation.

If the article is true, they sound like either a group of bigoted rednecks using "Tea Party" as an excuse, or a staged smear effort.

After all... what the hell does "homosexuality" have to do with "taxed enough already"?

Attempts to bring about change politically are rarely successful. These changes follow cultural changes (usually brought about by media attention). Without the support of the people, a revolution - violent or not - will fail.

Many people talk about the American Revolution and how we won our freedom through war, but they rarely take into account the years of work bringing about cultural change. At the beginning of the American Revolution, very few people supported the revolutionaries, but by 1776, there was enough support in the colonies (as well as help from France) to bring down the greatest superpower. All this took years of publications, protests, and political maneuvers.

Revolutions are not won on the battlefield. They are won with a pen.