8 Ways Bernouts are Exactly Like the Tea Party

Welcome to the Green Tea Party

1) Any article that doesn’t conform to their opinion is part of the “mainstream media” or is “establishment,” and should not be trusted (except, of course, if the article in question validates one of their beliefs).

2) They often promote radical conspiracy theories.

3) They talk of the media as though it were a monolithic entity that decides the course of their coverage in advance. Despite the media having thousands upon thousands of members, stretched across a wide swath of diverse outfits all across the country, these members somehow apparently have homogenous views and will stop at nothing to destroy their preferred candidate. (Also see conspiracy theories above.)

4) They can’t be reasoned with. Only their own cherry picked “facts” matter.

5) They get most of their information from overtly partisan sites (often started as blogs but posing as legitimate news organizations). These sites aren’t credible in the least. But it doesn’t matter because they validate their beliefs.

6) Compromise is a dirty word. It’s their way or the highway (i.e. #BernieOrBust). (This hasn’t worked well for the Republicans and has produced a terribly dysfunctional government, but somehow they think it’ll work for them.)

7) They call for a “revolution.” This can be brought about because they believe most Americans “silently” agree with them (and you would too, if only you weren’t brainwashed by the MSM!* Or maybe you’re just a corporate shill.)

8) Just as Republicans are subject to purity tests from tea partiers, liberals aren’t “real” liberals anymore unless they agree with everything Bernouts say.

*For the uninitiated, MSM=Mainstream Media=any news source that doesn’t conform to their opinions.