The tea party and the politics of paranoia

(University of Washington) Tea party members claim the movement reflects basic American conservative principles such as limited government and fiscal responsibility. But new research by University of Washington political scientist Christopher Parker argues that the tea party ideology owes more to the paranoid politics associated with the John Birch Society -- and even the infamous Ku Klux Klan -- than to traditional American conservatism.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news