mskafka
Silver Member
Actually what it makes clear is that the protestors don't have the slightest fucking clue. And the Dems are happy because they deflect attention from their failures.What this protest makes glaringly clear is the fact that conservative Republicans don't give a hoot in hell about average Americans.
And whose support at the ballot box do Republican presidential candidates like Cain think they're going to win when they insult average Americans who by making derogatory statements about the protestors like he did on Sunday.
Cain referred to the protestors as jealous Americans who "play the victim card and want to take somebody elses Cadillac." Try asking them for their vote now, Cain!
Herman Cain steps up attacks on Occupy Wall Street protests - latimes.com
Hey, these average Americans watched as the banks got bailed out and thrive while they're the ones whose economic lives have unravelled with job losses, and home foreclosures, and student loan debts which can't be repaid when there are no jobs to be had. This reality is made even more bitter because average Americans know that it was the bankers who precipitated the financial meltdown of 2008.
So, when conservative Republicans refuse to even consider returning the tax rates on millionaires to what they were just a few short years before, how would you expect average Americans who are hurting in this economy to react?
Absolutely! You've figured it out, Rabbi. And all this time, I've been wondering what the goals were.
Why should any of us attempt to understand each other? We need either extreme right or extreme left to run the country. History has proven how successful this has been in other parts of the world. Russia, Iran, Yugoslavia (while it was one country), Germany, parts of historical US (Salem Witch Trials).
History has also proven that when a large population in any country begins to lose hope, the same population begins to do desperate things: i.e.-Russian Revolution, overthrow of the Shah of Iran, French Revolution, etc... Whether or not it results in the betterment or worsening of society, it happens.
So try to keep in mind that you're probably not seeing the brightest of the OWS. Just like the left was shown the goofiest of the tea party...via media.