ALERT: www.crashtheteaparty.org
We will have guests at our Tax Day events.
Please be prepared to accommodate these people and deal with them appropriately.
The following messages are from the “crash the tea party” site:
WHAT WE WANT: to dismantle and demolish the Tea Party by any non-violent means necessary.
HOW WE WILL SUCCEED: By infiltrating the Tea Party itself! In an effort to propogate their pre-existing propensity for paranoia and suspicion…We have already sat quietly in their meetings, and observed their rallies.
Whenever possible we will act on behalf of the Tea Party in ways that exaggerate their least appealing qualities (misspelled protest signs, wild claims in TV interviews, etc.) to further distance them from mainstream America and damage the publics opinion of them. We will also use the inside information that we have gained to disrupt and derail their plans.
from the Mad Hatter’s blog regarding recruitment and publicity -
After all the right wing zealots bombed the board, I was contacted directly by so many of you who wanted to join our little group that at first we weren’t sure what to do.
But We have since devised this system:
Agents will be able to report in the VIP room (password protected)
and coded messages will be sent out via this blog.
White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts, and March Hare will also contact many of you directly via email or facebook.
Good Luck and Good Crashing!
~ Hatter
If a Tea Party member sees a sign that is offensive or if you see, someone who you think might be an infiltrator, stick close to them and if interviewed, say something while the interview is in process. Be respectful. I intend to simply say, His neighbor told me he/she is an Obama supporter.
This is a strangely successful scheme. One thing to combat it IMHO is for the Tea Party to be inviting but include core beliefs and core NoNos … anyone who steps over those is officially offered the left-foot-of-fellowship. Certainly the racial statements et al (which I would love to believe were made purposely by infiltrators) have to be seen as unacceptable by any true "TeaBagger".