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The critical error here is assuming the tea party is a political orientation. It is not. It is a religious faith composed of anti-intellectualism, religious extremism, and pure fear.
That is why no argument ever works, and facts are so unnecessary. Challenging an extremist faith with facts doesn't produce thought and change, it reaffirms their beliefs that they are persecuted, beset by enemies on all sides, and having their faith tested by a higher power.
To take examples from two people I know: One person was basically a teabagger in all but name, but he claimed to have various (inaccurate) factual reasons for having his beliefs and never articulated them in terms of morality, and even though I voted differently than him he was still quite happy that I'd voted at all. After much argument and confrontation with facts and evidence he now supports healthcare reform to the point of even considering a public option a good idea and grudgingly considers president obama to be doing an "okay" job.
Another person would rather I not vote than vote different, and flat out refers to any tax rate of even 35% to be "evil" and "immoral", along with most other things it's framed in terms of morality and patriotism. Nothing I say to this person ever does anything but convince them that I'm an enemy to america.
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