Start at the first post in a thread, and then read through them in chronological order.

This is easier with short threads, but do what you can.

Most of the folks who are OWSers identify themselves as Independent. (I could find the reference, but it’s not worth it. It’s written in Plain English.) Where do you get “Democrat” out of that?

Geez.

In a way, it’s sad. I am a Liberal, but I will be the first to admit there is much we can learn from the Right, and we need a counter to the excesses and undiscipline of the Left. But this obsession with fascism is going to destroy the GOP. And I don’t think that would be a good thing at all.

is that these aren’t the unemployed and helpless people that others on the thread are projecting on them.

A lot of people aren’t even going by appearances. They have an idea of what sort of people they want the OWS folks to be, and just say that this is who they are, regardless. Note that Newt made the same mistake.

And don’t lose track. This is not a “movement.” This is a political weapon, and (as I point out elsewhere) it backfired on the Democrats. In a month you won’t even see these people on the back pages of national news outlets.

What I find amusing is the conservatives who are unemployed themselves, and sponging off their relatives. I wonder if taking a bath would help them? Maybe they can just blame their hard times on the Socialist Media Conspiracy.

And BTW, your comment in another post about the Right’s fear of the Occupy movement is right on target. This fear and loathing is way out of proportion to the actual political effects of that movement, or how it might conceivably affect the public debate.

In my opinion, OWS will have even less influence on public discourse than the Tea Party did, (unless, of course, the pepper spraying continues). The constant, desperate, bitter and shrill campaign against OWS, including the recently revealed flurry of lobbyists memos on how to combat it, tells us much more about the targets of the movement than it does about the occupiers themselves. You’re right, they ARE scared shitless.

Maybe they should just take a hot shower and go to bed.

“These people have laptops, and resources. The guy on the police car was wearing good clothes and Nikes.”

You’re making assumptions bases on appearance. I’ll make mine.

They aren’t struggling to make mortgage payments. They live at home with their parents or with roommates. They don’t wake up in the night worrying about loosing what they’ve built for their family.

So ‘those people’ shouldn’t be wearing nice tennis shoes- “they’re are not poor enough to be complaining”.

Sorry but you are just as ‘out of touch’ as Gingrich.

Here.

The vast majority of demonstrators are actually employed, and the proportion of protesters unemployed (15%) is within single digits of the national unemployment rate (9.1%).

These people have laptops, and resources. The guy crapping on the police car was wearing good clothes and Nikes.