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Letter: Student calls tea party column hypocritical, biased in coverage
Issue date: 4/17/09 Section: Editorial/Opinion
04/17/09 - To the Cigar,
After reading yesterday's column written by Justin Oswald entitled "G.O.P. and Fox News promote tea parties," I feel it is necessary to correct the many misconception and politically biased coverage.
I acknowledge Oswald celebrates our First Amendment rights, which include freedom of speech and protest.
Yet, his message is a cheap shot at Americans who disagree with his ideology and neglects to illustrate the true symbol of the tea party protests.
For starters, I would like to applaud every American who stood up for what they believe and expressed their anger toward the crumbling economic system and massive government spending.
It is estimated that roughly 250,000 hard-working Americans throughout the country joined together with picket signs in hand to protest the implementation of high taxes and the growing power of the federal government.
With such a substantial amount of people joining forces under a common theme of promoting a small government and low taxes, is it possible that some of the protesters might be affiliated with the same political party?
Let's have a little reality check.
Most democrats believe in a larger government and initiating higher taxes.
So, if there were to be a protest in regards to promoting higher taxes and expanding the role of the federal government, who exactly would attend?
If you were thinking democrats who fight for higher taxes, pat yourself on the back because you are right.
So, now that we are really smart, who do you think represented the majority protesting at the tea parties on April 15, which supported lower taxes and a small government? I would put my money on conservatives.
Therefore Oswald, although the purpose of the protest was to unite Americans under a common idea, the issues derived from the conservative ideology. Anyone was invited to attend the tea parties. There was no guest list, and people in attendance did not have to be a registered Republican.
After reading yesterday's column written by Justin Oswald entitled "G.O.P. and Fox News promote tea parties," I feel it is necessary to correct the many misconception and politically biased coverage.
I acknowledge Oswald celebrates our First Amendment rights, which include freedom of speech and protest.
Yet, his message is a cheap shot at Americans who disagree with his ideology and neglects to illustrate the true symbol of the tea party protests.
For starters, I would like to applaud every American who stood up for what they believe and expressed their anger toward the crumbling economic system and massive government spending.
It is estimated that roughly 250,000 hard-working Americans throughout the country joined together with picket signs in hand to protest the implementation of high taxes and the growing power of the federal government.
With such a substantial amount of people joining forces under a common theme of promoting a small government and low taxes, is it possible that some of the protesters might be affiliated with the same political party?
Let's have a little reality check.
Most democrats believe in a larger government and initiating higher taxes.
So, if there were to be a protest in regards to promoting higher taxes and expanding the role of the federal government, who exactly would attend?
If you were thinking democrats who fight for higher taxes, pat yourself on the back because you are right.
So, now that we are really smart, who do you think represented the majority protesting at the tea parties on April 15, which supported lower taxes and a small government? I would put my money on conservatives.
Therefore Oswald, although the purpose of the protest was to unite Americans under a common idea, the issues derived from the conservative ideology. Anyone was invited to attend the tea parties. There was no guest list, and people in attendance did not have to be a registered Republican.
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