How about a littel history lesson for all you ignorant liberal "this is nothing" frightened whiny bitches.
The first anti-Vietnam War protests were smaller than the tea parties event. They were not anywhere near as coordinated, just a couple hundred here, a few tens there. The protests, when not completely ignored, were mocked, ridiculed, and insulted by media pundits who had their collective heads up LBJs anal cavity. But they persisted, and grew despite the way they were treated, and the movement became large enough and vocal enough to change U.S. foreign policy.
That certain extremists took things too far and started blaming those of us who fought over there, with the resulting poor treatment (which continues to this day) when we got home is a sad side effect. But the fact remains that a movement started small and grew to change things.
And I still say the whiny liberal bitches are so vocal about denying the tea parties success because they are scared spitless. They just got in power by default of the republican party, and knowing their policies are NOT supported by the people, are frightened they will not be able to get all their shit passed before America wakes up and kicks them back out the door like they did with Carter (Who slid in because Nixon fucked the goose.)