Comments on: The “Establishment” predictably escalates against the Occupiers. https://habitablezone.com/2012/01/17/the-establishment-predictably-escalates-against-the-occupiers/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/01/17/the-establishment-predictably-escalates-against-the-occupiers/#comment-10948 TB Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:10:45 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=8160#comment-10948 <p>The "occupiers" stopped being useful to the Democrats, so basically they're <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/17/pelosi-actually-we-dont-have-much-of-a-connection-to-occupy-wall-street/" rel="nofollow">pretending they never heard of it.</a></p> Maybe MSNBC hasn't gotten the memo yet. It's fun to remember how hard everyone worked around here a while back to try to find something evil going on at Tea Party rallies. To try and dig up some criminal activity, misbehavior, racist rhetoric, or anything that would reflect negatively. A photo carrying a sign with a Jefferson quote on the "blood of patriots and tyrants" on it made the rounds for days as a sign of monsters barely keeping themselves on the leash. On the other hand, the list of this kind of crap in the "Occupy" movement goes on for pages. Actual crimes, racist rhetoric, foul behavior, anarchy, parks ruined. The same people here apparently have nothing to say. The “occupiers” stopped being useful to the Democrats, so basically they’re pretending they never heard of it.

Maybe MSNBC hasn’t gotten the memo yet.

It’s fun to remember how hard everyone worked around here a while back to try to find something evil going on at Tea Party rallies. To try and dig up some criminal activity, misbehavior, racist rhetoric, or anything that would reflect negatively. A photo carrying a sign with a Jefferson quote on the “blood of patriots and tyrants” on it made the rounds for days as a sign of monsters barely keeping themselves on the leash.

On the other hand, the list of this kind of crap in the “Occupy” movement goes on for pages. Actual crimes, racist rhetoric, foul behavior, anarchy, parks ruined.

The same people here apparently have nothing to say.

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