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73 arrested at Occupy protest

I regard the occupiers as rebels without a clue. I think that they would be better off getting a room with the teabaggers and just have one big circle jerk.

Comparing tea party protesters to occu-tards?Really? How many tea party protesters were arrested? How many tea party protesters vandalized private property and did a whole **** load of other dumb **** that the occu-tards have done? As far as I know the tea party party protesters protested and went home at the end of the day. The Tea party is an example of how you are supposed to protest and the occu-tards are an example of what not to do at protests.
 
Comparing tea party protesters to occu-tards?Really? How many tea party protesters were arrested? How many tea party protesters vandalized private property and did a whole **** load of other dumb **** that the occu-tards have done? As far as I know the tea party party protesters protested and went home at the end of the day. The Tea party is an example of how you are supposed to protest and the occu-tards are an example of what not to do at protests.

They differ in severity of tactics, but they both basically believe that somebody has too much of something, and it ain't them. The main difference to remember is that OWS protesters go farther because they generally have less to lose. TP protesters tend to lead more comfortable lives.

The TP thinks the government has too much power, and wants the corporations to save them from the government

OWS thinks the corporations have too much money, and want the government to save them from the corporations.

In reality, they're just working hand in hand, exchanging money for power and power for money. Corporations have money and crave power. Politicians have power and need money. It doesn't take a genius to see where that leads us.
 
Comparing tea party protesters to occu-tards?Really? How many tea party protesters were arrested? How many tea party protesters vandalized private property and did a whole **** load of other dumb **** that the occu-tards have done? As far as I know the tea party party protesters protested and went home at the end of the day. The Tea party is an example of how you are supposed to protest and the occu-tards are an example of what not to do at protests.
There is one thing that makes both the occupy and tea party protests equal. Its the signs both sides hold up some really stupid signs. But it makes for good entertainment.
 
My biggest problem with this OWS movement is all they seem to do is protest and dont do anything to bring about change. The majority of people who participate continue to support these large business, politicians who provide corporate tax loop holes, and everything else they protest. If these people wanted to make a difference, they'd do it with their money and their votes. But most of them don't want to be inconvienced at all so they aren't willing to do that. They just want to yell and cry about things.

So the original Tea Party protesters, Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Vietnam protesters all had it wrong, eh? Too bad you weren't around to advise them on how to do it right!
 
I tend not to agree with their movement, but I won't go against the foundation of this country. They have every right to say what they are saying.

I agree but do they have a right to rape, vandalize private property, urinate and crap in public?
 
There is one thing that makes both the occupy and tea party protests equal. Its the signs both sides hold up some really stupid signs. But it makes for good entertainment.

Do you have and example of the tea party signs that are offensive... I think unlike the occupy people the tea partiers police there own...At least there have been very few police arrests
 
Some of them might be... but what does that have to do with him? To say something like "Obamas footsoldiers" implies that he's directing them to do what they're doing. Which he is not.

You are making a guilt by association fallacy.

If a Neo-Nazi votes for Santorum, does that make Santorum a Neo-Nazi?

Obama made several public statements endorsing and sympathizing with them.... also keep in mind that Nancy Pelosi endorses them and also gave OWS her blessings.
 
Do you have and example of the tea party signs that are offensive... I think unlike the occupy people the tea partiers police there own...At least there have been very few police arrests
You have to be joking. here are some of the less offensive ones that the tea party so proudly policed themselves with.

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Why don't they like him?

Because he has curbed civil liberties even further than the Bush adminstration has and has taken the country even further down into hell.
 
I somehow doubt Obama gives a rats ass about occu-tard protesters.The reason these protesters are costing their cities millions of dollars is because the dumb ass mayors in those cities tolerated them using those parks over night without a permit and didn't kick them out of the parks at COB.Those dumb ass mayors did start worrying about the occu-tards until their retarded **** started getting out of hand.
Obama and the dems WILL exploit the hell out of them though. Blame it all on the rich...and its not like many of those ****heads have enough integrity to stop and realize...hey...wait a minute...thats YOU guys...

With all those morons travelling the country to attend the meetings, investing their time and money and resources...you'd think that by now they could have opened bunches of little socialist factory outlets and started businesses running them 'their way' and set an example. Nah...they will continue to do as always...'demand' (what a crack up, that) that the successful do their bidding. Morons.
 
what does that mean?

It means that, despite the fact that you clearly don't see it, you are, in fact, demonizing the OWS protesters. To be clear, I think a lot of what they've done is sheer wankery. Some of it creates public health problems, and some of what they (or some of them) want is at best naive, and at worst actively crazy; but they've also drawn attention to important issues, and buried in their hippie rhetoric, they have valid concerns.

No matter how much you'd like to believe otherwise, they aren't rapists (as a group) and they aren't Obama's puppets. In a nutshell, the world is a lot less simple than you think it is. You'd do well to remember that the next time you're pushing for a black vs. white model on a given political issue.
 
It means that, despite the fact that you clearly don't see it, you are, in fact, demonizing the OWS protesters. To be clear, I think a lot of what they've done is sheer wankery. Some of it creates public health problems, and some of what they (or some of them) want is at best naive, and at worst actively crazy; but they've also drawn attention to important issues, and buried in their hippie rhetoric, they have valid concerns.

No matter how much you'd like to believe otherwise, they aren't rapists (as a group) and they aren't Obama's puppets. In a nutshell, the world is a lot less simple than you think it is. You'd do well to remember that the next time you're pushing for a black vs. white model on a given political issue.
Thats just the problem with the Occupy movement though, they and their hippie rhetoric as you call it is trivaliazing the real concerns that all Americans have about what direction that we are heading. In turn stoking the us and them war that both sides are diving into. I suspect that OWS is setting everyone back not moving us ahead in the fight against corruption. much like the Tea partiers really in the same exact counterproductive quagmire.
 
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It means that, despite the fact that you clearly don't see it, you are, in fact, demonizing the OWS protesters. To be clear, I think a lot of what they've done is sheer wankery. Some of it creates public health problems, and some of what they (or some of them) want is at best naive, and at worst actively crazy; but they've also drawn attention to important issues, and buried in their hippie rhetoric, they have valid concerns.

No matter how much you'd like to believe otherwise, they aren't rapists (as a group) and they aren't Obama's puppets. In a nutshell, the world is a lot less simple than you think it is. You'd do well to remember that the next time you're pushing for a black vs. white model on a given political issue.

They are rapists and they do**** and piss in the streets If Obama and Pelosi don't back them why did the make speeches doing it???????
 
Thats just the problem with the Occupy movement though, they and their hippie rhetoric as you call it is trivaliazing the real concerns that all Americans have about what direction that we are heading. In turn stoking the us and them war that both sides are diving into. I suspect that OWS is setting everyone back not moving us ahead in the fight against corruption. much like the Tea partiers really in the same exact counterproductive quagmire.

Thanks the the class war by the 1% over the last 30 years, we now have the highest disparity of wealth in this country since before the Great Depression, and you expect people to just take it without fighting back?
 
Thanks the the class war by the 1% over the last 30 years, we now have the highest disparity of wealth in this country since before the Great Depression, and you expect people to just take it without fighting back?
While i do not subscribe to that assertion I did not imply that anyone should take anything. In fact I implied the opposite. What I said was that because of the misguided steps of both the teabaggers and the occupiers we are less likely to be able to make any progress anytime soon without creating chaos.

One could say both groups have played into the hand of corruption and neither even have a clue how much they are contributing to the problems that they are protesting.

Both sides should have forgot about any ideological bull**** and had tried to create a movement among all Americans. Instead both sides are battling each other while our enemy sits back and laughs at us. Mixed in to the mix are even worse people that want to actually take over the country. Meanwhile people like you run around helping them by making it appear that the movement is organic when it obviously is not. If either movement were truly organic winter would not have slowed down anything in fact it would have catapulted it. ANd today the conversation would be the only conversation going on. But instead the conversation is not in the mainstream public at all. ANd come May day the movement will further alienate the common citizen. Btw the occupier counterparts (teabaggers) have not disappeared either they have their own protests planned. At some point the two will clash. I am hoping sooner than later. Perhaps they will both destroy their creditably and Americans will push them out of the picture. Probably not though since both sides are settling in for the long haul and the final fight.
 
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While i do not subscribe to that assertion I did not imply that anyone should take anything. In fact I implied the opposite. What I said was that because of the misguided steps of both the teabaggers and the occupiers we are less likely to be able to make any progress anytime soon without creating chaos.

One could say both groups have played into the hand of corruption and neither even have a clue how much they are contributing to the problems that they are protesting.

Both sides should have forgot about any ideological bull**** and had tried to create a movement among all Americans. Instead both sides are battling each other while our enemy sits back and laughs at us. Mixed in to the mix are even worse people that want to actually take over the country. Meanwhile people like you run around helping them by making it appear that the movement is organic when it obviously is not. If either movement were truly organic winter would not have slowed down anything in fact it would have catapulted it. ANd today the conversation would be the only conversation going on. But instead the conversation is not in the mainstream public at all. ANd come May day the movement will further alienate the common citizen. Btw the occupier counterparts (teabaggers) have not disappeared either they have their own protests planned. At some point the two will clash. I am hoping sooner than later. Perhaps they will both destroy their creditably and Americans will push them out of the picture. Probably not though since both sides are settling in for the long haul and the final fight.


The groups represent the ideological split within the electorate.
 
Thanks the the class war by the 1% over the last 30 years, we now have the highest disparity of wealth in this country since before the Great Depression, and you expect people to just take it without fighting back?

Your constant use of the term "1%" is enough to disqualify any of your posts from serious discussion. It's terms like "1%", "99%", "poor scum", etc... that fuels class warfare.
I still don't realize how economic equality is relevant to the US or its constitution. I do realize quite well that a wealth gap is undoubtedly harmful to the economy, yet I fail to see any economic points from you, except saber-rattling, inciting class warfare, constantly accusing people of being sympathetic to the rich, etc... You show statistics and graphs showing how the wealth gap is so great, how the poor is really poor, etc..., but you never really shown any evidence as to why it's such a serious issue.
 
Thanks the the class war by the 1% over the last 30 years, we now have the highest disparity of wealth in this country since before the Great Depression, and you expect people to just take it without fighting back?

Thats the problem. People are not fighting back. They are supporting the disparity and crying about it. Crying isn't going to solve anything. The OWS movement is pathetic in my eyes because they aren't doing anything to stop what they are stating they have a problem with.
 
The groups represent the ideological split within the electorate.

The groups represent everything that is wrong with the dependent whiner class. Everything is about everyone else. They elects corrupt politicians, will reelect corrupt politicians, and then whine once again about corrup politicians. Rather than invest in positive change and actually doin something they profess to believe in they continue to protest about how unfair life is. It is WHY they are miserable losers and why thy will REMAIN miserable losers.
 
They are rapists

No they aren't. We've been over this a couple of times now. If the crux of your argument requires slander and gross overgeneralizations, it's probably not a very good argument.

If Obama and Pelosi don't back them why did the make speeches doing it???????

I already answered this question. You ignored my answer, like you apparently ignore everything that doesn't support your whackjob conspiracy theory worldview.
 
Actually they represent the radical elements and not the population as a whole.

Tactics wise in some cases, but many of their goals are shared by those on the left and some in the middle - progressive taxation, reinstating the Glass Steagall provisions, a living wage for full-time work, ending corporate personhood, and ending tax breaks and loopholes for outsourcing US jobs.
 
Your constant use of the term "1%" is enough to disqualify any of your posts from serious discussion. It's terms like "1%", "99%", "poor scum", etc... that fuels class warfare.

Class war has been waged on the working class by the 1% for the last 30 years, so please excuse me while I laugh in your face that you think the working class is getting to uppity to suit you. We all should be thankful people are not rioting and looting here yet as they are in some other countries with great wealth disparity.

I still don't realize how economic equality is relevant to the US or its constitution. I do realize quite well that a wealth gap is undoubtedly harmful to the economy, yet I fail to see any economic points from you, except saber-rattling, inciting class warfare, constantly accusing people of being sympathetic to the rich, etc... You show statistics and graphs showing how the wealth gap is so great, how the poor is really poor, etc..., but you never really shown any evidence as to why it's such a serious issue.

Over and over I've been saying its not a matter of envy of the rich, it is the simple fact that consumers are needed to drive a consumer based economy, and when most of the wealth is concentrated at the top, out of reach of consumers, the economy cannot prosper.

How American Income Inequality Hit Levels Not Seen Since The Depression
 
Thats the problem. People are not fighting back. They are supporting the disparity and crying about it. Crying isn't going to solve anything. The OWS movement is pathetic in my eyes because they aren't doing anything to stop what they are stating they have a problem with.

For now they are mostly using non-violent civil disobedience as used successfully by Thoreau, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and the Vietnam protesters, among others. If these actions do no bring about change, then its likely people will turn violent as they have in other countries with great wealth disparity.
 
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