The Tea Party was an organized group who showed up at their representatives meetings and demanded answers and who were sometimes disruptive. The recieived permits when they protested and followed the law. The Flea Party on the other hand are trying to force other people to listen to them and do what they want by disrupting their lives and interfering with their ability to do business. They are camping outside people's houses and beating drums, they are fighting with the police and trashing public parks. In other word the Tea Party operated within the law and within the system while the Flea Party made breaking the law and being a public nuisance their tactic of choice. That and they are socialist and more than a little dirty.