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-1 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 23 November 2015 01:47AM

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Comment author: VoiceOfRa 28 November 2015 05:47:46AM -2 points [-]

and the Tea Party.

The Tea Party wasn't in response to the TSA procedures so much as the government's increased interference with people's economic livelihood.

Comment author: gjm 28 November 2015 12:28:08PM 1 point [-]

The Tea Party wasn't in response to the TSA procedures [...]

polymathwannabe wasn't saying it was, s/he was saying that all three of those things (Patriot Act, TSA paranoia, Tea Party) were consequences of the radicalization of the US right, which was part of the aftermath of 9/11.