Tea Bagging

Here's how the wingnut teabagging stunts resemble the Boston Tea Party:

Both involved tea.

Here are some of the ways that they differ:

The Tea Party was a protest of a tax on tea, so dumping tea was pretty much right on point, whereas the tea baggers don't seem to have much of an idea of what they're protesting.

The Tea Partiers were subject to the tax on tea, whereas the tea baggers are probably going to get tax cuts. They seem to be protesting tax increases for their betters who make more than $250K.

The Tea Partiers had a legitimate beef in that the tea tax was imposed upon them without their having any representation in Parliament, whereas the tea baggers all had a chance to elect Congresscritters and are represented.

The Tea Partiers were committing a crime and exposing themselves to prosecution for their political convictions, whereas the tea partiers are just out on a lark.

If your ancestor was a Tea Partier you might brag about it, whereas if your idiot brother in law is a tea bagger you'd be ashamed.

The Tea Partiers would be mortified if they knew that their protest was being demeaned in this way by its association with wingnuttery.