A propos of of this thread, there is a very heated discussion going on among the partipants in the Clearwater Revival Working Group. I would not be taking this public except that someone else already outed it.

The Tea Party in the Mid Hudson valley area has announced that they will have a table at the activists area at the festival. Needless to say, many people have their backs up and wish to ban them. My response is more in line with what Pete and Toshi did [cited above].
I believe we should allow them to come but also invite the Coffee Party people to come and put their tables next to each other.

Who knows, they may even talk with each other or...God Forbid, learn something instead of ranting at all the Lefties around them. The marketplace of ideas, you know.