Tea Party Nationalism

Latest Culture War in America is Nationalism in Dangerous Form

At first glance it seems inexplicable: Confederate battle flags waving in Washington state and Washington, D.C., when the issue is health care. Placards that read, “America is a Christian Nation,” appearing in marches when the stated concern is the federal deficit. Barack Obama labeled a “Lying African,” when presidents from Democrat Woodrow Wilson to Republican George H.W. Bush have raised taxes without being dubbed aliens.Where does the anger come from to call congressmen hateful names?

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At first glance it seems inexplicable: Confederate battle flags waving in Washington state and Washington, D.C., when the issue is health care.

Placards that read, “America is a Christian Nation,” appearing in marches when the stated concern is the federal deficit.

Barack Obama labeled a “Lying African,” when presidents from Democrat Woodrow Wilson to Republican George H.W. Bush have raised taxes without being dubbed aliens.Where does the anger come from to call congressmen hateful names?

 

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