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Revisionist History of the Tea Party

On Friday, The Young Turks made a great point in regards to the Tea Party having a skewed view of history.  Cenk Uygur pointed out how the Tea Party has a complete misrepresentation of the history behind the Boston Tea Party, which is where the Tea Party derives their name from.

As Mr. Uygur points out in the video, the Boston Tea Party was actually a protest about tax cuts, not a tax increase.  The British government, back in the late 1700’s, was giving what we would refer to today as subsidies to the East India Company, making it very difficult for colonies to sell tea abroad.  This was the premises behind the Boston Tea Party.  This is highly ironic because the Tea Party runs on a platform of less government influence and less taxes. This is precisely the opposite of what the Boston Tea Party was all about.

Here is the clip from Friday’s show, proving once again that the Tea Party members are misinformed and, in many cases, highly uneducated.

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