Its that pesky problem of group think and one-upmanship. Like philosophers abandoning useful argument and the true search for knowledge and replacing it with useless arguments about esoteric aspects of thought not pertaining to the physical world.

People who do not get out of their comfortable city flats do not have any idea of what a rancher in idaho needs to thrive (or not need).

The direction of the country is one of control, the ethic of the tea party is one of freedom. Sadly this goal has been co-opted in some cases by socially conservative fascists…which are kind of like socially liberal fascists only pertaining to different topics.