Victoria Taft, local conservative radio host, tweeted the following this morning:
You couldn’t block the street for TParty w/o a permit but you can for this. http://tinyurl.com/4x5vpou
“This” being the OccupyPortland campsite in Chapman Square.
I couldn’t resist pointing out what I see as a difference between the Tea Party policies and the general sense (not really a policy yet) of the anger behind the Occupy movement:
@VictoriaTaft @OregonTeaParty Maybe because the Tea Party stands against the poor and sick, and the Occupy movement is giving them voice.
She replied with sarcasm. No, really, she indicated it right up front:
*sarcasm* Yes, of course, we don’t care about the needy. Now you can keeping hating. Feel better? #5vtshow @lunarobverse @OregonTeaParty
Luckily, I can back up my claims with actual evidence. Evidence maybe even a conservative talk show host would find difficult to refute. I did a simple Google search for “Tea Party against health care” and got a lot of links to what appear to be non-sarcastic Tea Party pages, and some news articles with headlines like “Tea Party Activists Make Last Stand Against Health Care Vote”.
I shared that last link with Ms. Taft. No word yet. I’ll update if she ever replies.
I’ve got screenshots of all these tweets just in case they get lost in the aether.
