@BenHowe @bob_owens John Adams just rose from the dead and killed himself.
— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) November 25, 2014
Actually, a quick Twitter search shows that it’s not just “someone” comparing the Ferguson, Mo., riots to the Boston Tea Party. There are dozens and dozens of tweets comparing the two, including tweets from celebs Matthew Modine and D.L. Hughley.
https://twitter.com/MatthewModine/status/537128555188998145
@shesez2 hmmm Boston Tea party was riot, Stonewall was riot! They changed a thing or 2!
— DL Hughley (@RealDLHughley) November 25, 2014
everyone condemning the looters in Ferguson, where was your condemnation in American History when you learned about the Boston Tea Party?
— angela folasade (@_ethereallush) November 25, 2014
Destruction of property during the Boston Tea Party was cool because of oppression but people call what's happening in #Ferguson a riot.
— Anne Thériault (@anne_theriault) November 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/seantrcy/status/537336799426019330
https://twitter.com/tdwightdavis/status/537379358084968448
https://twitter.com/DJTGIF/status/537329493040726016
https://twitter.com/GregGarofalo23/status/537371898267848704
White people been demanding shit since they colonialized America. Boston Tea Party was an insurrection and SHIT CHANGED.
— Greg Barber (@_BlackEchelon) November 25, 2014
We saw around 12 businesses and two police cars torched Monday night; they must have burned the history books a while ago.
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The most ridicuous thing I read yesterday about the riots was a comparison to the Boston Tea Party. Talk about misunderstanding history!
— Shawn (@ShawnLivingLife) November 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/jortron/status/537369944929730560
@BenHowe I'm sorry, but what the actual….. no. Just. No.
— Lauren (@unxpctdblessing) November 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/laurakfillault/status/537370263042535425
@BenHowe @bob_owens Reichstag more appropriate
— baconinfidel (@CVN70MM2Nuke) November 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/JennSTX/status/537370297289039872
@BenHowe I'm guessing this person was not a history major?
— Dan Floyd (@westpatravel) November 25, 2014
@BenHowe Did they call the protesters tea baggers?
— Bob Garrett (@BobGarrettRadio) November 25, 2014
@BenHowe @bob_owens B/c every1 knows they tossed tea then ran along cobblestone streets scalping tories & setting the city on fire, right?
— Kirk Luedeke (@kluedeke29) November 25, 2014
@BenHowe That crap has been used by the trolls incessantly.
— J.R. Holmsted (@JHolmsted) November 25, 2014
Someone on Facebook just compared the Ferguson riots to the Boston Tea Party so now I know where "I can't even" is an appropriate response.
— Rodney Lacroix (@RodLacroix) November 25, 2014
Billionth time: Wasn't a single injury in the Boston Tea Party. Only property damage, a padlock, was replaced. Stop comparing to #Ferguson.
— BAH! Humbuggery… (@thehiredmind) November 25, 2014
How will the history books remember the riots in Missouri?
@BenHowe The Ferguson Temper-Tantrum.
— Sam Valley (@SamValley) November 25, 2014
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