Tea Party supporters disappointed by handling of flag at recent demonstration
This weekend Branson hosted Tea Party protesters, a planned peaceful demonstration on the popular Hwy 76 Boulevard.
Tea Partiers protested everything from Health Care Reform to taxation without representation.
Passersby honked in agreement with the protesters. However, one Branson visitor, a Tea Party supporter, was disgusted by the disrespectful manner in which the American flag was handled.
“I stopped when I saw the flag on the ground,” the anonymous visitor said. “I told them to get that flag off the ground. A lady responded by telling me the Tea Partier didn’t know what he was doing.”
Two Tea Partiers made a point to keep the potentially offensive signage from being seen by passersby on Hwy 76. George Grisser and Fred Ellison, according the conservative free newspaper the Branson Independent, did their best to contain the right wing extremists by blocking their signs, which proved to be a tall order. The extremists, who refused to give their names, where everywhere, trying to get noticed.
It’s not clear why the Tea Party brought its road protest to Branson, but it may be to counter the formation of the Coffee Party, a local progressive church group. The Coffee Party protests peacefully in nearby Springfield, Missouri, formed by college students in a local nondenominational church.
Nationally, the Coffee Party began on Facebook in January of 2010, and it has surpassed both the DNC and the Tea Party in fans.
Information on the Coffee Party
The following is an amateur video report of academics being kicked out of the Branson Tea Party rally.
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The tea party is a joke. That’s all I’m gonna say.