daveman
Diamond Member
They didn't break the law, either.for the cause? They like to talk big but they are telling the OWS protesters to meekly submit to state authority when the state arbitrarily decides their rights have run out. All those who say they would never submit if the government trampled their rights need to look at OWS to see what that looks like.
The TEA protestors recognized the cops were there to do their job and maintain order, and they followed the rules.
I'm frankly wondering what the OWIES are trying to accomplish here? They honestly sound a bit selfish. "The rest of you should pay for my college!"
Really?
Because that's kind of what it's devolved down to. Boo-hoo, I owe a lot in college loans and I'm not getting that $50,000 job on graduation.
Not building up a lot of sympathy from someone like myself, who paid for college with miltiary service and working minimum wage jobs.
Let's concede, TEA and OWS both are really upset about the same thing- how our economic and governmental system is broken. Both have valid complaints about what some of the problems are.
But honestly, making life difficult for everyone else by occupying parks and campuses for days?
the tea people were a) older; b) had sporadic rallies; and c) weren't attacked by police like the Occupy people were in Oakland and UC Davis. To be fair, the police then also weren't paid 4.6 million to protect corporate interests like the NYPD were either.
just saying.
Just sayin'.