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The Corner has exploded in stupid lately -- longtime fans will note that over there the inmates are usually simmering at a low-grade crazy, and for reasons that are occasionally unclear they all go totally berserk at once in several different directions. I'm too busy right now to really document each of the current divergent poo-flingings, but as the helpful person that I am, I thought I'd pitch in and fill in a bit of historical background for one of Jonah Goldberg's more confused e-mail correspondents.

Good points.  I think the political establishment might also be seriously misreading the tea parties by not factoring in the general antipathy to protesting in the attitudes of libertarians/conservatives.  Marching in the streets isn’t exactly how conservatives see themselves no matter how disaffected they are.  It’s been awhile, but I don’t remember to many protest scenes in Nash’s account of the conservative movement.

Fortunately we have photographic evidence of this phenomenon, since conservatives as it happens do in fact have quite the history of being very well organized indeed when they attend demonstrations.

The conservative at this particular demonstration is the fellow in the hat.

Hope that clears things up.

MORE. See also Oliver.