For non US members, or just US members that don't follow bullshit politics here's a bit of background.
Tea Baggers are members of the Tea Party Movement, a self-styled "third party" of American politics. The name is used unironically as a reference to the Boston Tea Party, a historical US political protest. their originally rallying point was to oppose the governments using public funds to "bail out" major banks that were claimed to be facing bankruptcy as a result of debt foreclosure. They embrace conservative ideals such as opposition to gun control, illegal immigration, abortion and gay marriage.
The American Libertarian Party is a political party whose main purpose is to oppose the government interference of private business. They claim to take a neutral stance on social issues, but they have been known to associate with politicians representing both Leftist and conservative (right wing) views. They have gained popularity amongst young people, generally in an informal way (IE: as not official registered party members but self-proclaiming to be part of their cause) in particular around the embrace of legalization of drugs and proponents of political conspiracy theories.
I won't give any examples right now for why they are the same or different, but let some discussion on it first.
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