Was the destruction of private property during the Boston Tea Party patriotic or immoral? Which would it be in the present day? How would your answer apply to the Senate's handling of the Garland, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh nominations?

I guess the first two questions are self-explanatory.

As for the Kavanaugh circus, I’m not talking about guilt or innocence. For the purpose of my question, let’s just assume that both he and Dr Ford were lying the whole time, and very important, they both felt that such drastic action was absolutely necessary to save America from imminent collapse.

Would they be patriots or low-lifes? If only one of them were lying, would that person be a patriot and the other a low-life? Or would the liar be the low-life?

Also consider the GOP blockade of Obama’s nominee, which was completely legal, followed by two rushed and not entirely un-suspicious confirmations, but again, all legal. Patriotic? Or immoral?

Also just to simplify: never mind whether they did illegal things behind closed doors. What they did in the public view was all legal. Or at least not illegal enough to spark outrage.

As usual: why, why not, discuss, pontificate.