The Tea Party's Sacred Cows and the Privilege of Absurdity
Scott Atran
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Posted 09.30.2011
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Because people hold sacred values to be absolute and inviolable, any symbolic "concession" must not appear to violate or weaken one's own sacred values. Doing so would likely be seen as forsaking core personal and social identity.
