An association fallacy is an inductive informal fallacy of the type hasty generalization or red herring which asserts that qualities of one thing are inherently qualities of another, merely by an irrelevant association. The two types are sometimes referred to as guilt by association and honor by association. Association fallacies are a special case of red herring, and can be based on an appeal to emotion.
Whether you intend to or not you are implying that I am an racist, just because I do not agree with OWS. Again such ideas will not win me over in support of OWS. Infact you have only further discredited the occupy movement.
Just wanted to say that I enjoy your posts .. well spoken … and making some good valid points.
I know this is off topic, but I agree that we the people have allowed our government to get out of control, we are the only ones with the power, to hold them accountable. I guess if I was to associate myself with anything it would be the tea party. I'm conservative by nature, which is why I can't relate to Republicans any more, and why I have never been able to relate much with Democrats.
My opinion of the OWS bunch, is that as a whole, they are a bunch of extremists, they in no way shape or form speak or represent 99% of anyone or anything, except their own self serving interests. As for the question of if they are right or left, one only has to look at those here, and see who whole heartedly supports everything they do, to “know” they are on the extreme left of the political spectrum. Nearly every liberal, socialist, and communist on these pages are their supporters. The middle thinks they are irrelevant, and the right can't stand them.
This I believe tho, the American people those right and left of center, and those in the center, have been awaken, in 2006 and 2008 we seen wholesale changes because people were unhappy with the Republican party, in 2010 we seen the dissatisfaction with Democrats, once again there were wholesale changes I think we are going to see the very same thing in 2012, only those incumbents that can run on their record are going to be safe.
While liberals here like to quote polls showing Americans back tax increases, what they never show is this. A new Gallup finds that an overwhelming majority of Americans prefer spending cuts to outweigh or equal tax increases in balancing the budget. So well one here continues to use polls to show everyone how badly Americans think of our congress, what he fails to understand is just as much of that displeasure is directed at the Democrats as well.
Well blaming Republicans for the Bush tax cuts, he will never bring up the fact that it was Democrats that extended them until 2012. They voted to bring the bill to the floor, when no action was needed for them to expire. Republicans could in no way shape or form, done anything to stop them from expiring.
I only use this to show that the extreme leftists here still refuse to take any responsibility for this, and continue to blame Republicans.
I can honestly say that I fear for our country, because we grow farther apart each and every day, and we have a sitting President, that rather then uniting us, seems intent on driving us further apart even now I don't believe that we are capable of being destroyed from outside forces, but from within, that is another story, IMO there could be another revolution in this country, but it won't be th so called 99% against corporate greed and corruption, it's going to be the far left against the far right, and those in the middle will have to choose sides, which simply means middle American will decide what direction this country will take. Whatever party stands closest to the core values of what the center feels this country was founded on, and stands for will be the side the center will move to. To me personally, I'm of the age that I'm not to worried for myself, but I just can't help thinking that the new generation, is not going to live in the America that we (those of my age) grew up and lived in.
I've rambled on enough .. sorry for the distraction from the topic on hand.