Apologies if this story was posted here already; I couldn't find a post on it.
Now we've all heard the lie statement that the Tea Party began as a cultural backlash to a new President, who to conservatives was the face of a changing America that scared them protest and backlash to the 2008 TARP program even though no conservative protests occurred
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If you sincerely want people like me (and I am NOT a Tea Party member, whatever that is, but I do relate to the reasons behind the movement in the same way that I relate to some of the reasons behind OWS) to join people like Occupy Wall Street members (whatever that is), then you need to get over the disparaging remarks and seek common ground. Otherwise it's divide and conquer by The Powers That Be, just like they want it ( ... )
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It's unfortunate that the current TP has retconned this history into being a branch of the Republican party that it is today, but that's just how things are. If you don't like what it is now, then don't associate with it, but a label is just a label. It's pointless to be angry at the mis-characterization of its origins is what I'm trying to say.
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I could also say that OWS is embracing association with powerful organizations and that the president is trying to co-opt whatever momentum he thinks it has. So in a few years it too will be OWS = unions/Democrat Party/Obama/Big Name Liberal Nonprofits/George Soros, and nothing more. Perfect for the powerful in business and politics, because then neither side can relate to each other, nor care to.
I reject the negative label, and I do it publicly.
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Honey, I was protesting corporations while you were literally still in diapers. Helluva lot of good it did.
The private sector at least gives me the option of saying no to most things, most of the time. Government is, by design, force. I cannot say "no" to them and expect to reasonably have it accepted without a massive fight that I usually cannot win.
In case you haven't noticed, government IS forcing the people to support corporations with the healthcare law. That bothers me. What about you?
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And how is OWS an extension of the bad parts of the Tea Party?
I'm truly looking for information here. at your convenience.
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