Almost as soon as Occupy Wall Street began making headlines and - TopicsExpress

Tim Oreilly

Almost as soon as Occupy Wall Street began making headlines and sprouting up in more than 250 cities nationwide, conservatives began smearing it. Take Sen. Pat Toomey: “[It’s] just a left-wing group that wants to have something to protest,” he said last week. “It seems like a misguided anger and I don’t think they have a clear idea of what they’re for.” Glenn Beck says the organizers “will come for you and drag you into the streets and kill you ... they’re Marxist radicals ... these guys are worse than [Maximilien] Robespierre from the French Revolution ... they’ll kill everybody.” We could go on, but the point is this: Republicans and their media allies hate the Occupy movement. They hate it so much. Which is odd because the Occupy/99 Percent gatherings are fairly similar to the Tea Party movement. Like the Tea Party, Occupy is a populist movement. Both began amongst a small, usually-not-political group of regular folks. Like the Tea Party, Occupy wants the U.S. to create more jobs. Like the Tea Party, politicians have referred to the gatherings as ‘un-American.’ And, like the Tea Party, the movement’s been peaceful. But there are also key differences between the groups, and that scares the right. Occupy Protesters Don’t have a Single Message But Their Messages are Real Read more: philadelphiaweekly/news-and-opinion/GOP-Hates-Occupy-Movement.html#ixzz3KCxWvGRA

Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 20:21:52 +0000

Almost as soon as Occupy Wall Street began making headlines and - TopicsExpress

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