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Up to individual to search for truth
Rosemary Weydert
Sep. 5, 2014 6:43 pm
We have all watched how one thing turns into another by word-of-mouth and through a whirlwind media. The Tea Party movement is simply a love for the United States' Constitution in action. It never was anything else, although many speak of it as a menace to our society; definitely a proof that propaganda works.
We're all Americans, but there is no denying that a basic difference in our thinking has evolved. Personally, I blame an educational system. Another factor is the media, usually leaning off center like the tower of Pisa, influenced by the wind and a weak structural foundation.
Our Constitution should be taught in every school in the nation by someone who values it. Laws are either objective or subjective; ISIS is the end result of very subjective laws.
This fear of subjective laws someday binding our population, like a trussed bird of prey, moves ordinary citizens to stand up in support of our stabilizing Constitution. The name Tea Party was inspired by the Boston Tea Party when people gathered to foster justice under the law for a young America. It is up to the individual to search out the truth, if the truth still means something.
Rosemary Weydert
Winthrop
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