Thomas Paine And The Tea Party

[kjchicago1]

Thomas Paine is talking! Will People Listen? When Mr. Paine Talks, Everyone Should Listen!

[satomiwa]

"Its first settlers were emigrants from different European nations, and of diversified professions of religion, retiring from the governmental persecutions of the old world, and meeting in the new, not as enemies, but as brothers. He sees his species, not with the inhuman idea of a natural enemy, but as kindred" - Thomas Paine (the real one)

[satomiwa]

Thomas Paine moved to America when he was 37, and moved back to England (and France, even though he didn't speak the language) 13 years later. I'm sure he would have kept his English accent while he was in the US and long afterward, when he was arguing in favour of government social programs to help the poor, and when he was condemning Christianity (and all organized religion) as man made instruments of greed, tyranny and oppression. This video portrayal is a huge fail.

[curetheingorant]

Sorry to brake it to all you Teabaggers, but Thomas Paine was a hard core atheist.

[satomiwa]

@curetheingorant , he was actually a deist. He believed in some form of a creator (intelligent design), but his God-concept had to do with nature and nothing more. But your point is well taken - he flat out rejected Christianity and denied that Jesus was the "son of God" or that the Bible was divinely inspired. I wonder, if he lived in our time, if he would have been an atheist.

[SlyDogStudios]

@satomiwa I've also wondered how he came to the opinion he did. In Age of Reason, he says that he hopes for happiness in the afterlife. Since the rest of the book seems to be based on some logical conclusions that he came to, like science being the one true theology, what made him stand by the idea of an afterlife?

[Winterwolf00]

Who the fuck is this guy? He sounds nothing like Paine, have you ever even read his works?

[HonestObserver]

Switzerland has been pretty multicultural for I dunno centuries now.

[hanson666999]

GO THOMAS PAINE! GO TEA PARTY! Good luck getting your nation back from scum :^)

[izzigogo]

FUCK you KKK/supporter....wake up Bush supporter, drink coffee......Bush is a raciest, Bush and papa Bush supported Hitler....wake up America...well it is too late for you, I will do what is right, and you people do not even know what is right ,,,,by the way what is the name of your God...??? LUCIFER??

[bcourter82]

When did the Klan start calling themselves Teabaggers?

[DarkShadowAlec]

@bcourter82 if do research you will know that the tea party isn't racist

[DogMeatJesus]

the teaparty is the republicans new name.

same shit

[tinkerbruzer]

This IS NOT SHIT! It's The Truth!; Clearly you don't know your Nation's History!: This is the TRUTH and you don't want to hear THE TRUTH!: The Tea Party is Republicans Is Also Democrates & Independents it's all people whom want there Country back in the hand's of the PEOPLE!: Go To Wallbuilders & find out for your self:

POWER TO THE PEOPLE!:

TB & BF C-eeee:

[DogMeatJesus]

tea is for pussies lets have coffie

[izzigogo]

@tinkerbruzer If you want to hear the truth look up the illuminati, and how your raciest Tea Party (in disguise) is only another Wolf in Sheep's clothing....read the illuminati----this man speaking is nothing short of a KKK member...wake up

[luxfero]

thomas paine believed in the redistribution of wealth. look up asset based egalitarianism and it will have thomas paines picture under the definition of it. i laugh at these stupid conservatives

[symbioid]

@luxfero This is what I was gonna say: Read "Agrarian Justice" by him... They'd call him "socialist" for his views (and atheist, and globalist, and...)

[cobrajitsu]

Revolt! Revolt now!! Take back America or die as slaves!!

[BlazikenMaster]

I'm favoriting this video.

[sheepdom]

This guy needs a statue.

[philblunt420]

Great vid, well said!