Libertarian Vs. Tea Party

An average libertarian learns what an average Tea Partier believes. Obviously, this doesn't reflect everyone's views. But it is based on my own experience as a libertarian, having attended a Tea Party last year. By then, the Tea Party has shifted away from Ron Paul, and resembled ideology closer to Sarah Palin's or Pat Robertson's. Many libertarians have since distanced themselves from the Tea Party because of this, while others still have hope for it.

One major motivation for me making this video, is because I'm tired of people painting libertarians and people like Glenn Beck with the same brush. Glenn Beck is NOT a libertarian. And the Tea Party is closer to neocon than it is libertarian. It's no wonder so many people are misinformed about libertarians.

Thanks for watching. I know you have your own ideas, so feel free to use the comment section.

*Update* People are telling me that not all Tea Parties are like this. I hope that's true. But the one I went to... there were posters of dead babies, a banner saying "we kicked god out, look at us now", signs calling Obama a Muslim and Kenyan, a speaker saying that chili day in September was proof that Global Warming is a lie, a speaker saying "if you don't support the war, you don't support the troops", rhetoric against gays, atheists, and Muslims, ... and literally every speaker invoked their religion, like "Barrack HUSSEIN Obama is not our leader, god is!" Basically, the Tea Party was advertised as libertarian, but it was indiscernible from the Christian-Right. If that Westboro Baptist Church group switched out their anti-troop signs, they would have fit right in.

*Update 2* Yeah, I know libertarians are on both sides of abortion. I myself can argue both sides. My point with that was to point out the illogical reasons I hear from the Tea Party conservative types. Where a libertarian would bring up concepts like eviction, personhood, or property rights, the Tea Partier types generally can't get past the "Because Jesus that's why!" phase.

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• libertarian
• tea party
• liberal
• conservative
• atheist
• christian
• muslim

[Dahlia1695]

This title doesn't make sense. The Tea Party was started by Libertarian's then taken over by Conservative Christian Republicans.

[ilazernerd]

Is there a Libertarian vs Liberal video? That would be equally funny.

[BlackWavez]

@BoxheadTheGriefer Yes.

[UncleArty1]

@sweetone1896 and in the context we stupid English call God, so therefore Allah means God

[UncleArty1]

omfg I just had this exact same conversation at the coffee shop this morning. these brainwashed conservatives really do not see their own hypocrisy, liberals are equally amusing but its a lot harder to get them out of their drum circles.

[glamkitten24]

ROFL. still rolling... My ribs are hurting. This is hilarious.

[sk8erfreak9242]

@Dahlia1695 theres nothing wrong with that though we basically support small govt and thats really all that matters

[BoxheadTheGriefer]

Wasn't Thomas Jefferson a Deist?

[BoxheadTheGriefer]

Put every political system/political party on their own damn island and be done with it

[sweetone1896]

Allah means father

[drunkglitch]

shouldn't run a government on your religion

[ToSaveANationDotCom]

The first two minutes are pretty good, but after that you end up doing the same thing Republicans and Democrats do to each other - they show the other group in the poorest light possible using hyperbole. There are dumb people like this, but you try to make it seem like all Tea Party people are alike. The Tea Party was different people (libertarians, consers, repubs, demos) organizing under one basic premise - govt is too involved in day to day life. This video only detracts from that message...