My latest column for the Examiner is now available here.
It’s on tea party reaction to the Boston Herald article concerning Wall Street Contributions. It looks like Josh’s reaction might have been an aberration.
I Found a smaller number of people who were willing to talk on camera before the Twin City Tea party, yet a few stalwarts were willing to speak their piece. Theresa Coache was the first:
And Bill Parsons was the second:
Many of the people who attended the March 16th morning and evening protests as well.
…something we mentioned last night at the Twin City Tea Party:
* 1) Do not allow yourself or another Tea Partier to be taunted or provoked into saying or doing anything that could be interpreted as racist or violent. Always be civil and act intelligently. You never know when you are being recorded.
* 2) Take a video camera with you and record the faces of anyone instigating or participating in any such incidences so that they can be identified later.
Remember we will be defined by the media by our least flattering picture.