A new column in the Washington Post offered a deconstruction of one of the most iconic moments in America’s founding era, wondering if the Boston Tea Party was really an act of "terrorism" done by "White men" wearing an early form of Blackface. The Boston Tea Party has come to symbolize the revolutionary spirit that led to independence. Johnson cited Benjamin Carp, the author of "Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party & the Making of America, writing that the author sees that the incident all those years ago "now might be classified as an act of terrorism." The column itself is entitled, "Was the Boston Tea Party an act of terrorism? Further paraphrasing Carp, he added that the Tea Party "was principled and nonviolent, carried out by common folk who believed virtue was on their side.

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2023 09:09 UTC