How to give up the Tea Party in 5 easy steps!

1 – Accept other races

 Things you’ll have to give up:

•  Confederate Flags

•  Support for George Zimmerman

•  Opposition to the Dream Act

•  Opposition to Affirmative Action

 

**BONUS – We will present you with an American Flag upon completion of step one (inquire about details in the comments!)

 

2 – Realize that Christianity isn’t the only religion or belief

 Things you’ll have to give up:

•  Muslim Bashing

•  Athiest Bashing

•  Jewish bashing

•  Really any religious bashing

 

**BONUS – You’ll get a lot less dirty looks from people

 

3 – Forget about Sarah Palin

 Things you’ll have to give up:

•  Palin’s bid for the Presidency

•  Palin’s books

•  Palin’s Facebook page

•  I promise… you won’t miss her

 

**BONUS – This will finally be funny to you!

 

4 – Stop Watching Fox News (or simply consider using more than one news source)

 Things you’ll have to give up:

•  Glenn Beck

•  Sean Hannity

•  Depending on one news agency to feed you lies

•  Never hearing the liberal point of view

 

**BONUS – OK Go does concerts in NPR studios! Just one of many reasons why seeking “other” news sources is awesome.

 

 

5 – Understand that “Trickle Down” doesn’t actually work

 Things you’ll have to give up:

•  Reaganomics

•  Ayn Rand

•  Belief that corporations are people

•  Laissez-faire

 **BONUS – You may realize that livable wages and some government oversight on corporations can actually be a good thing!