It seems impossible to consider that people who embrace creationism, authoritarianism, racism, sexism and countless other negative "isms" could be our allies. But are our interests more closely aligned to the Tea Party than they are to the 1%?
Arguably, the Tea Party is an instrument of the 1%, using bigotry and faux patriotism to fan the flames of "we'll embrace anything if it pisses off Liberals."
But it seems like so much of the politics of outrage is distraction. We get outraged by their racism/sexism/homophobia/religious parochialism, they get outraged by socialism/taxes/religious "oppression." Net result? We spent all our time laughing/angry at each other and nothing moves forward.
