I was planning on writing a long post on the two big reform parties in the US, which are Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party, but I'll just get your guys opinions. Are these parties hurting America? Is one doing good, but not the other? Or are they both fighting for admirable goals?
Don't support either of them, but I support their right to do what they do I suppose (so long as they obey the laws like no spitting on the sidewalks and stuff). Can't say they are hurting America.
Occupy Wall Street is ok IMO. Taking aside the fact that I support justice for criminal bankers, they do things much more peaceful than the tea party.
I think this is the answer. All healthy democracies must have a component to allow for assembly. I also agree that although I might not support the politics of a particular movement, I am happy to defend their right to be able to assemble
I guess that is a matter of one's perspective. The locals did not seem to happy with the Occupy people generally. I am unaware of any criminal activity associated directly with the Tea Party.
Its there "riots" they throw, and general conduct. Not all, but many throw these huge rallies where they literally make fools of themselves.
I have seen a TP rally against the PPACA. Can't say I saw them make fools of themselves with their conduct. Have never seen an Occupy rally in person.
You have got to be kidding. OWS had murders, trash, generally filthy environments left by the protestors. The Tea Party was only vocal without the former.
well, the tea party is certainly hurting the US reputation outside the US; OWS rather does the opposite, the fact that there is something like OWS in the US is good for the international reputation conservatives obviously don't care about this tho...
I support the original Tea party, which was a group entirely focused on fiscal conservatism with little attention being spent on social conservatism. I don't support OWS, but I acknowledge that they have the right to protest the way they want to. I think the OWS has good intentions, but they don't know much about economics, just knee jerk intentions. - - - Updated - - - No, we don't. If we cared about what the rest of the world thought, we'd still be part of the UK.
I STILL don't know what the TP's goals are other than to show up in their Winnebagos and demonstrate that old folks can still be useful carrying posters of Obama the Witchdoctor. What started out as a protest against spending surely degenerated into chaos in a fat hurry.
Just like if the Tea Party did not shutdown the government and keep it from compromising on anything and do their jobs we would apsolutely Love them. I support neither group but both have the right to open their mouths and show the world how brilliant they really are.
We don't have protest movements in this country, we're a very conservative country. Compared to other countries, we're a very stable country. If we're upset over something, we go to the polls to express our ideas, not to the streets protesting.
OWS is part of a broader global movement. The bank/government conglomeration has most of the world by the balls now.. You can only stomp down on the little guy so much until unrest naturally occurs. Which is what we've been seeing all around the world the last few years. Maybe we're heading towards the world's first global revolution? Maybe not, as governments quash protests to protect their power. Just like the violent crackdown on OWS. Thousands of arbitrary arrests, single digit convictions, pretty much for trespassing type violations. But they do mass arrests for news soundbytes, to make the people think it's a criminal protest when it's not. In other places, they use improvised incendiaries, bats and clubs, etc.. American protestors usually use placard signs. Americans should actually be proud of that.
I would suggest you now have shown you have nothing further to add to anything on this thread, noted.
Well, your entitled to that opinion, although OWS is more known for being a hippy rally rather than a stormy enviorment like at Tea Party Rallies. The Tea Party wants to pretend like its throwing some fake "revolt", although most of them are uneducated on how the economy actually works. Occupy Wall Streets main goal has been to jail guilty bankers and lower the deficit. WETC, the occupy movement has not one murder, at any rally. Not sure what part of your @ss you pulled that out of [
OWS was a peaceful protest which got shut down with a violent police crackdown. Widespread abuse and police brutality, thousands of arbitrary arrests, home raids of the organizers etc.. Protest is not a crime but it was treated that way. What I don't like are those stupid (*)(*)(*)(*)ing masks.
