The American Revolution Was Not a Party

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Ludwig von Mises Institute: The American Revolution Was Not a Party

DECEMBER 18, 2014Ryan McMaken

TAGS The Police StateU.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy

 

Writing on the Ferguson protests and riots, Darlena Cunha claimed in Time Magazine that the Tea Party “gets its name from a riot, The Boston Tea Party.” Cunha went on to then claim that the Ferguson riots are in the tradition of the Boston Tea Party, which celebrates its 241st anniversary this week.

 

In response, a number of conservative commentators denied Cunha’s claim (and many similar claims) that the two events are comparable.

 

Dan McLaughlin opined at The Federalist that the Ferguson Riots are “nothing like” the Boston Tea Party and noted that the Boston Tea Party’s violence — and violence it was — was directed at very specific targets while the Ferguson rioters seemed to employ indiscriminate violence.

 

Fair enough. Tactically, the Ferguson riots have virtually nothing in common with the Boston Tea Party. In contrast to the Boston mob’s destruction of the tea, the Ferguson riots were ineffective and had no clear target. The Ferguson rioters didn’t even target the Ferguson government, which is clearly an operation of questionable legitimacy that appears to exist primarily to extract money from the “citizens,” while the police do little to actually protect private property.

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Writing on the Ferguson protests and riots, Darlena Cunha claimed in Time Magazine that the Tea Party “gets its name from a riot, The Boston Tea Party.” Cunha went on to then claim that the Ferguson riots are in the tradition of the Boston Tea Party, which celebrates its 241st anniversary this week.

 

Time_Still_Exists? Nov 25, 2014

"Blacks in this country are more apt to riot because they are one of the populations here who still need to."

 

Darlena Cunha,

With all due respect, you are a fool.

 

 

FigNutts

Nov 25, 2014

@Time_Still_Exists? With all due respect to you, Darlene deserves no respect at all. If she died tonight no one would care because she is a low life, savage just like the rioters.