I've been looking at the history of the notorious John Birch Society online and on video. Fascinating stuff. The group was a forerunner of the Tea Party in many ways with more of an emphasis on communism than on creeping socialism. Many of us grew up with the image that the JBS were thoroughly crazy thanks to constant liberal media mockery. It now seems the group has been misrepresented for decades. They were against school integration for example which led them to be labeled "racists" for years, but they objected on Constitutional grounds- because it was done by government order and by force. They thought it should be done voluntarily and within the social sphere- a detail that is never mentioned. The group itself was integrated and had no bias against race or religion- years before similar liberal groups were integrated.
Indeed John Birch Society hero Barry Goldwater was an outspoken advocate of gay rights years before most Democrats would say a word in our defense and was openly supporting gays in the military in the late 70's and early 80's!
Looking back at The John Birch Society, it's clear they were taken down not by liberal media but by the RINOs of the 1960's. A cautionary tale the Tea Party should take note of.
The Daily Caller sees a come back for The John Birch Society.
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