Opinion of "Occupy Wall Street"

[Foucaulf]

Comparing Occupy Wall Street to the Tea Party is asinine. What is most disgusting about the Tea Party is not necessarily their views, but how their protests consist of sitting in a folding chair in front of the White House. That's not a protest; that's a vacation!

OWS has a completely different organizational structure, one that tries to abide by actual principles. I have no doubt that order will come from their chaos, whereas chaos comes from order with so-called "astroturf". I don't care about whether they are "idiots" or not; their methods are just.

On top of that, how unthinkable would a protest like this have been weeks before? That some in this thread declare "[p]olitical protests accomplish little beyond dragging in flocks or starry-eyed tourists" shows the burden of cynicism these protesters must carry.

[Foucaulf]

To paraphrase: "I'm a partisan hack incapable of taking anyone with whom I disagree seriously."

You'll be surprised at my attitudes towards the Tea Party. I still think it was a product of real anger towards the government, and more power to them if they cause change for change's sake. The problem is that they haven't, and what change they created was co-opted by the establishment.

Do you deny the conditions of the Tea Party protests were different from that of OWS? Tea Party protests didn't have police threatening to baton them or spray them with mace. Their organizational structure were built after the fact, unlike the General Assemblies popping up at the occupations.