Perhaps it's because corporate ownership and the wealth divide can split the Tea Party in two since that was the underlying economic catalyst for the tea party to begin with. And now that it's turned into another arm of the religious right there is a chance that socially libertarian Tea Party members will be attracted to what is essentially a classic American populist movement. That economic justice is more important to the masses then who can get married to who.

LordZorch: End result: nothing but a compliant press attempting to spin it

And, of course, the dozens of trolls that populate every OWS thread for hundreds of posts explaining how it is insignificant.

Five reasons . . . right wingers soiling their pants

Because they're old and incontinent?

bulldg4life: LordZorch: End result: nothing but a compliant press attempting to spin it

And, of course, the dozens of trolls that populate every OWS thread for hundreds of posts explaining how it is insignificant.


Hey, a job is a job. If that guy can keep all of the accounts straight and wants to spend his day romping around fark for pay, I say let him.

I actually find it rather amusing. Winter will crush this thing like a bug, as you don't sleep in a park in NYC in December unless you have to. In the mean time, we will get months of stupidity to point and laugh at. One thing we learned from the Tea Party protests is put a large group of people together at a protest long enough, and it will produce all sorts of goodness for the opposition in the form of idiots and their signs and interviews. We've already seen it with the antisemitism (new window) .

Dusk-You-n-Me: [25.media.tumblr.com image 443x700]

Democrats before occupy Wall St:



Democrats after occupy Wall St:

Their fault the economy sucks! Go git em, comrades!

LordZorch: Outside of the press, I don't know anyone at all that is the slightest bit concerned. Actually, most people are either laughing at them or shaking their heads and muttering about loser hippies. It's a non-event organized by elite libtards that exploits the useful idiots of the moment into participating in something they don't even understand.

End result: nothing but a compliant press attempting to spin it

Can you spot the GOP shill? How much do you get paid for this tripe?

Five reasons . . . right wingersthe lap dogs for the rich are soiling their pants

fixed

skullkrusher: Dusk-You-n-Me: [25.media.tumblr.com image 443x700]

Democrats before occupy Wall St:

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Democrats after occupy Wall St:

Their fault the economy sucks! Go git em, comrades!


Is this a philosophical statement about the lack of comment from the president, or did your image not load?

skullkrusher: Dusk-You-n-Me: [25.media.tumblr.com image 443x700]

Democrats before occupy Wall St:

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Democrats after occupy Wall St:

Their fault the economy sucks! Go git em, comrades!

generally support OWS. That was just too easy to pass up though

Yeah, im super scared of an astroturfed protest by a bunch of democrats.

LordZorch: I don't know anyone at all that is the slightest bit concerned.

Of course you wouldn't. You don't know any of the 1%ers or their lap dogs.

Are there any other reasons that a right-winger would soil his pants?


Depends

1). The narrative. People in America are very unhappy with their economic circumstances. As a result the outcome of the 2012 election will hinge heavily on who gets the blame for the horrible economy -- and who the public believes, or hopes -- can lead them into better economic times.

So not Barack Oboughtandsold

2). Inside-Outside. Especially in periods when people are unhappy, the political high ground is defined by who voters perceive to be elite insiders and who they perceive to be populist outsiders. Who among the political leaders and political forces are actually agents of change?

So not Baracks of the Oligarchy

3). Momentum. Politics is very much about momentum. Human beings are herding creatures -- they travel in packs. People like to go with the flow. Whether in election campaigns, or legislative proposals, or social movements, or football games -- the team with the momentum is much more likely to win.

So not Butididnotknow Howinsaneitwas Underbush

4). Movement. The Occupy Wall Street movement has managed to turn itself into a real "movement." Movements don't involve your normal run-of-the-mill organizing. Normally organizers have to worry about turning out people -- or voters -- one person or one group at a time. Not so with movements.

So not Blocked Ohamstringed

5). Inspiration. More than anything else, in order to mount a counter-offensive against the Right wing next year, Progressives need to re-inspire our base. We need to re-inspire young people and all of the massive corps of volunteers who powered the victory in 2008.

So not Butipromisethistime Hopenchange Ohnevermind

inb4 Weaver conspiracy.

I alone am best: Yeah, im super scared of an astroturfed protest by a bunch of democrats.

Hey, it's only AstroTurf when the Koch brothers jump on a protest band wagon, not Soros.

LordZorch: Outside of the press, I don't know anyone at all that is the slightest bit concerned. Actually, most people are either laughing at them or shaking their heads and muttering about loser hippies. It's a non-event organized by elite libtards that exploits the useful idiots of the moment into participating in something they don't even understand.

End result: nothing but a compliant press attempting to spin it

Pretty much this, well put.

"Laughing so hard they lose bowel control" is the only reason.

Langston: I don't care so much about the movement scaring right wingers. I'm hoping that it leads to legislative policy shifts and improved dissemination of information. It doesn't have to happen today or tomorrow or next week. But I want to see this energy channeled into real change on the right AND the left.

If people let themselves get focused on the (R) or the (D) after the politician's name, it's quite possible that they'll lose sight of the larger issue, which is a reform of how moneyed corporations influence policy that benefits them at the expense of the rest of us.

Isn't this already happening? Isn't this the way politics in this country works?

/sad

I think I'm correct here that the only public soiling that's been done was by a OWS guy. Right wingers aren't scared of this. At all. Amused sometimes, bemused other times, hell we'd be n-mused if we could figure out how. But the thought of being terrified by some punk who thinks somebody else should pick up the tab for his student loans just because, well, you know, that's something he wants to happen, is really silly.

I know it's the job of the "progressive" organizers and strategists to play this out as though it's a winner for the left, but if you took half what this guy said seriously, it would apply equally to left and right, maybe even more to the left, since they're the party of the entrenched political interests that, we're told, are the bane of the OWS's existence. Or are the Democrats "outsiders" now?

The pen is always mightier then the sword.


At least thats what the guy who was holding the sword told me to write since I was a peacnik who didn't believe in the private ownership of firearms.

fracto73: skullkrusher: Dusk-You-n-Me: [25.media.tumblr.com image 443x700]

Democrats before occupy Wall St:

[2.bp.blogspot.com image 400x233]

Democrats after occupy Wall St:

Their fault the economy sucks! Go git em, comrades!


Is this a philosophical statement about the lack of comment from the president, or did your image not load?

that would've been good but too deep for me. Image just broken for you I think

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quickdraw: The two posts above me are perfect examples of every Occupy thread so far.

Langston: I want to see this energy channeled into real change on the right AND the left.

This is a cogent political thought relative to the topic at hand that represents a commonly held concern by many on the Occupy movement.

LordZorch: It's a non-event organized by elite libtards that exploits the useful idiots of the moment into participating in something they don't even understand.

This post is filled with inflammatory language in what appears to be a desperate attempt to spin these events into a clash of partisan politics. It's completely generic and could be applied to any event.


Now I see these two types of posts in any given politics thread but the Occupy threads are extreme in this way. It's incredibly easy to discount the trolly partisan hackery because it brings nothing cogent to the discussion. It's like a tennis volley with no ball. There's just nothing there.

So the left spends to years yelling everything degrading under the sun at the right's protests, and now when the right happily gives a little back, you are upset? Where was the comments of troll hackery when every Tea Party threads was filled with Teabagging jokes?

Slaves2Darkness: LordZorch: Outside of the press, I don't know anyone at all that is the slightest bit concerned. Actually, most people are either laughing at them or shaking their heads and muttering about loser hippies. It's a non-event organized by elite libtards that exploits the useful idiots of the moment into participating in something they don't even understand.

End result: nothing but a compliant press attempting to spin it

Can you spot the GOP shill? How much do you get paid for this tripe?

I'm a libertarian and I think they're a bunch of loser hippies that are reinforcing the saying:

Looters steal from producers to give to moochers who vote for looters.

The OWS protesters can't hack it in the real world so they want the government to use violence (threat of going to jail or being shot in a raid) to take more in taxes from the producers. This extra money would then be given to the moochers who can't hack it. They're pathetic and need to go mow my lawn.

Dusk-You-n-Me: skullkrusher: generally support OWS. That was just too easy to pass up though

I couldn't see the graphic. I may have blocked it awhile back. No harm no foul.

aww dammit. It's just the Red/Blue Bush/Obama job creation chart. Well that joke fell flat

Barbigazi: EWreckedSean: I actually find it rather amusing. Winter will crush this thing like a bug, as you don't sleep in a park in NYC in December unless you have to. In the mean time, we will get months of stupidity to point and laugh at. One thing we learned from the Tea Party protests is put a large group of people together at a protest long enough, and it will produce all sorts of goodness for the opposition in the form of idiots and their signs and interviews. We've already seen it with the antisemitism (new window) .

You guys are really trying to play up the Antisemitism. I guess someone should tell all the Jewish people actually at the protests.

Did you really just respond with a "I have Jewish friends" come back? Nice.

what_now: I alone am best: Yeah, im super scared of an astroturfed protest by a bunch of democrats.

By whom? I mean, I can SHOW you the FOX NEWS TEA PARTY rally signs, but who exactly do you think started OWS? Twitter? Unions? Obama?

Also, I'd like some proof please.

I can show you to, I have posted it before. OWS was started by adbusters. Adbusters is funded by the tides foundation. Soros funds the Tides foundation.

In addition, when the OWS movement started and proved to be a bunch of splintered morons yelling about global warming, jews and genetically modified crops they brought in the unions to direct them. If you think this is some grass roots movement your either blinded by ideology or stupid.

Is that still going on?

Tax Boy: Five reasons . . . right wingers soiling their pants

Because they're old and incontinent?

Damn you. I came here to say that.

Barbigazi: Sure are a lot of people swarming in here to tell us how much they don't care.

We're mostly here to mock it. Mockery and caring are a bit different.

I alone am best: I can show you to, I have posted it before. OWS was started by adbusters. Adbusters is funded by the tides foundation. Soros funds the Tides foundation.

In addition, when the OWS movement started and proved to be a bunch of splintered morons yelling about global warming, jews and genetically modified crops they brought in the unions to direct them. If you think this is some grass roots movement your either blinded by ideology or stupid.


Have you linked that to Kevin Bacon yet with that many degrees of separation? Furthermore, do you have any proof it was started by adbusters?

bulldg4life: And, of course, the dozens of trolls that populate every OWS thread for hundreds of posts explaining how it is insignificant.

EWreckedSean: Winter will crush this thing like a bug,

Indeed

Garet Garrett: Amused sometimes, bemused other times, hell we'd be n-mused if we could figure out how.

I thought conservatives spent the past 4 years covering up every n-word they wanted to say.

what_now: Because its not just a lot of gutter punk hippies anymore, and the message is finally starting to sink in: 1% of this country owns 40% of the wealth, and out tax policies are designed to keep it that way make it 60%.

The guy making $60k is FINALLY starting to realize that not only is he NOT rich, he's never going to be.

ftfy

Well, whenever we hear from them what their "one demand" is, then we can decide if they are anything to fear.

"we'll get down to business and hold several people's assemblies to decide what our "one demand" will be."

It's been a month guys, have you made any progress on this yet?

my bet it has something to do legalizing pot.

Barbigazi: EWreckedSean: Barbigazi: EWreckedSean: I actually find it rather amusing. Winter will crush this thing like a bug, as you don't sleep in a park in NYC in December unless you have to. In the mean time, we will get months of stupidity to point and laugh at. One thing we learned from the Tea Party protests is put a large group of people together at a protest long enough, and it will produce all sorts of goodness for the opposition in the form of idiots and their signs and interviews. We've already seen it with the antisemitism (new window) .

You guys are really trying to play up the Antisemitism. I guess someone should tell all the Jewish people actually at the protests.

Did you really just respond with a "I have Jewish friends" come back? Nice.

No. But I assume that's easier for you to handle. Keep imagining that this is just a bunch of kids and antisemitics .

Yes, and the Tea Parties were nothing but racists and geriatrics right? I'm hoping the irony of the parallel makes you understand why it is so funny...

Barbigazi: EWreckedSean: Barbigazi: EWreckedSean: I actually find it rather amusing. Winter will crush this thing like a bug, as you don't sleep in a park in NYC in December unless you have to. In the mean time, we will get months of stupidity to point and laugh at. One thing we learned from the Tea Party protests is put a large group of people together at a protest long enough, and it will produce all sorts of goodness for the opposition in the form of idiots and their signs and interviews. We've already seen it with the antisemitism (new window) .

You guys are really trying to play up the Antisemitism. I guess someone should tell all the Jewish people actually at the protests.

Did you really just respond with a "I have Jewish friends" come back? Nice.

No. But I assume that's easier for you to handle. Keep imagining that this is just a bunch of kids and antisemitics .



So what's the latest tally of Jewish People at the protests, Barbigazi?

Whats a more 1%esque type evil?

Spying on people and wiretapping their phones like Murdoch, or devaluing a countries currency like Soros. How do we decide whos house gets torched?