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Watching left-wing organizers try to equate Antifa-style mobs with the Boston Tea Party is more than dishonest — it’s an assault on American memory. Glenn Beck didn’t mince words in his recent segment, taking aim at the absurd narrative that vandalism and intimidation are somehow heroic “patriotism”; he reminded viewers that our founders fought for representation and law, not chaos.
This debate comes as the “No Kings” demonstrations — a nationwide anti-Trump mobilization that has rocked cities from coast to coast — staged a second major day of protests, drawing massive crowds and intense media scrutiny. Americans on both sides should be clear-eyed about who organized these events and what they actually looked like when millions turned out on June 14 and again in October.
Republican leaders have rightly sounded the alarm about the same movement being co-opted by violent, ideologically driven radicals, with top officials publicly linking some protests to Antifa and warning about organized disruption. That isn’t paranoia; it’s a sober response to a political moment where rhetorical gymnastics are used to sanitize lawlessness and delegitimize true patriotic dissent.
Let’s be honest about the history conservatives cherish: the Boston Tea Party was a targeted act of protest against taxation without representation, by colonists defending rights they believed were being stolen by a distant government. Antifa — by contrast — is a decentralized movement with a record of property destruction, harassment, and violent direct action that targets institutions and ordinary citizens rather than mounting a principled, lawful political grievance. Americans who love liberty should reject any attempt to romanticize mobs that intimidate and vandalize.
The media and left-wing activists pushing the false equivalence are doing real damage to civil discourse. Glenn Beck’s historical rebuttal isn’t about silencing protest — it’s about refusing to let mobs hijack the language of patriotism while pretending all forms of property destruction and intimidation are comparable to the principled civil disobedience of America’s founders. The country deserves better than watered-down history and reruns of the same excuses for lawlessness.
Hardworking Americans want peaceful protest and robust debate, but they also demand order, respect for private property, and enforcement of the law when radicals cross the line. If the left keeps treating every street riot as a sacred birthright, conservatives will keep holding the line for the rule of law, for the real history of our Republic, and for the millions who show up peacefully to make their voices heard.
