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=== Symbols ===

=== Symbols ===

[[File:Gadsden_flag|200px|right]]By far the most prominent symbol at Tea Parties today is the [[American historical flags|Gadsden Rattlesnake Flag]]<ref>''Heraldric'': Or a rattlesnake sable and or coiled as to strike, facing sinister, on a bed of grass vert; motto "Don't Tread On Me"</ref> The ''Come And Take It'' Flag has also appeared, most notably at the [[September 12 March on Washington]].

[[File:Gadsden flag|200px|right]]By far the most prominent symbol at Tea Parties today is the [[American historical flags|Gadsden Rattlesnake Flag]]<ref>''Heraldric'': Or a rattlesnake sable and or coiled as to strike, facing sinister, on a bed of grass vert; motto "Don't Tread On Me"</ref> The ''Come And Take It'' Flag has also appeared, most notably at the [[September 12 March on Washington]].

Aside from this, Tea Party participants almost always use home-made and home-decorated signs and other artifacts, in sharp contrast to the uniform, professionally printed signs carried at [[liberal]] demonstrations. Some of the signs that have been seen and photographed at these events have provoked cries of outrage from Tea Party Movement opponents, alleging bad taste, e.g. a picture of Barack Obama with the square mustache affected by [[Adolf Hitler]] and bearing the caption "I've Changed," and a sign bearing the message "Bury ObamaCare with [[Edward M. Kennedy|Kennedy]]." But most of the signs bear lampoons of the most highly publicized Obama Administration policies, from "Czars" to socialized medicine. Nor is Barack Obama the only target of criticism; the [[Mainstream Media]] also receive a share of criticism, both for their failings in their coverage of the Tea Party Movement and what most participants regard as a collective decision by Mainstream Media organs to function as ''de facto'' government and/or [[Democratic Party]] organs rather than the objective and disinterested commentators on events that they pretend to be.

Aside from this, Tea Party participants almost always use home-made and home-decorated signs and other artifacts, in sharp contrast to the uniform, professionally printed signs carried at [[liberal]] demonstrations. Some of the signs that have been seen and photographed at these events have provoked cries of outrage from Tea Party Movement opponents, alleging bad taste, e.g. a picture of Barack Obama with the square mustache affected by [[Adolf Hitler]] and bearing the caption "I've Changed," and a sign bearing the message "Bury ObamaCare with [[Edward M. Kennedy|Kennedy]]." But most of the signs bear lampoons of the most highly publicized Obama Administration policies, from "Czars" to socialized medicine. Nor is Barack Obama the only target of criticism; the [[Mainstream Media]] also receive a share of criticism, both for their failings in their coverage of the Tea Party Movement and what most participants regard as a collective decision by Mainstream Media organs to function as ''de facto'' government and/or [[Democratic Party]] organs rather than the objective and disinterested commentators on events that they pretend to be.