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Egalitarian Thug

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79. That can't possibly be true because, as the OP indicates, Occupy has failed and is dead.

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #60)

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 01:48 PM

Nov 2012

If only they had cable TV, they'd realize it.

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Thomas Frank: Why Occupy failed and how it's more like the Tea Party than anyone wants to admit [View all] salvorhardin Nov 2012 OP

has it failed? hollysmom Nov 2012 #1

I'm afraid we must accept the words exactly as written. How could they possibly be incorrect? Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #13

Richer, whiter, much better educated SocraticGadfly Nov 2012 #47

Oh, on the lack of organization? And leaderless? SocraticGadfly Nov 2012 #48

Little too early to say Occupy failed--the newest stuff, like debt collection and msanthrope Nov 2012 #2

I agree with this... one_voice Nov 2012 #18

Bookmarked for later. LOL@OWS, what a farce. sagat Nov 2012 #3

There is a farce here, and it isn't Occupy. Enjoy your stay. kestrel91316 Nov 2012 #14

Geez, before OWS all I remember hearing was 'austerity this' and coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #57

Yes, that was Occupy's biggest success, imo deutsey Nov 2012 #73

I started reading this RainDog Nov 2012 #4

Horseshit written for simple people. UnrepentantLiberal Nov 2012 #5

What a bunch of simplistic utter crap. Take it to Freeperville! MotherPetrie Nov 2012 #6

People speaking truth to power don't fail as long as they keep speaking it. Tigress DEM Nov 2012 #7

You might actually read Thomas Frank's review to find out how Occupy is like the Tea Party. salvorhardin Nov 2012 #20

Psssst: Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #22

No thanks. Not watching 2016 either. Tigress DEM Nov 2012 #87

Occupy hasn't failed... period. They are winning step by step. defacto7 Nov 2012 #8

The link doesn't open for me which is a shame because I could use some belly laughs Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #9

Uhm, yeah... blogslut Nov 2012 #10

LOLOLOL WiffenPoof Nov 2012 #19

Tell me Mr. Frank and I usually respect you nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #11

THIS Occupy?? kestrel91316 Nov 2012 #12

The answer is no. Such an accusation cannot be. mmonk Nov 2012 #62

What a load of garbage. n/t backscatter712 Nov 2012 #15

And the disinformation campaign begins. Cleita Nov 2012 #16

Huge DUrec!!...nt SidDithers Nov 2012 #17

Yeah, and Astroturf is the Same as Real Grass AndyTiedye Nov 2012 #21

It is! It is! He can prove it! Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #23

You honestly think Thomas Frank is engaging in astroturfing? salvorhardin Nov 2012 #25

No, but the Teabaggers Certainly Were AndyTiedye Nov 2012 #33

K&R! Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #24

It most definitely had a subliminal/unconscious effect. Michigan Alum Nov 2012 #26

What a bunch of BS. JaneyVee Nov 2012 #27

By my count this is 798th proclamation of Occupy's demise. Strangely, they don't seem to have TV's Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #28

Occupy was there Autumn Nov 2012 #29

He simply doesn't know what the fuck he is talking about. byeya Nov 2012 #30

"..it's had for someone lazy and who wants to pontificate not to make an ass of himself." salvorhardin Nov 2012 #31

You'll have a MUCH better discussion if you try not to insult your opponents. nt. OldDem2012 Nov 2012 #41

Exactly! salvorhardin Nov 2012 #45

Whooooooossshhhhh. Sound of my post flying over your head at 100,000 feet. nt. OldDem2012 Nov 2012 #53

It failed to be the counter to the Tea Party because the tea party was taken over by jp11 Nov 2012 #32

"OWS can still be more than the tea party IMO if it works on getting progressives elected where they Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #35

Well okay then. jp11 Nov 2012 #36

Please remember that most of the worst police brutality against Occupy was done by Democratic mayors Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #42

How very inconvenient for you to bring that up. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #59

An inconvenient truth. Occupiers are still being beaten and arrested and harassed by police across Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #60

That can't possibly be true because, as the OP indicates, Occupy has failed and is dead. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #79

:) Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #80

+1 HiPointDem Nov 2012 #86

That was quite possibly one of JoeyT Nov 2012 #34

It's unfair to compare OWS to the tea party. One is a real movement, the other is corporate funded DireStrike Nov 2012 #37

Horse Shit Teamster Jeff Nov 2012 #38

Hmmm...OWS NYC just Tweeted this... Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #39

Yes. Justice, not charity. n/t OneGrassRoot Nov 2012 #43

+1000! SammyWinstonJack Nov 2012 #72

I don't recall reading about any of the Tea Nazis volunteering to help the victims of Sandy. nt. OldDem2012 Nov 2012 #40

I was a fan of OWS when it was beginning... but it never evolved to my liking... Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #44

What is a movement? tama Nov 2012 #81

Indeed. CanSocDem Nov 2012 #46

LOL! Thomas Frank used to write a column for THE WALL ST. JOURNAL. Zorra Nov 2012 #49

Ruh-roh! Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #54

and yet we all talk about the 99% and the 1% as if it has always been a part of political dialogue RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #50

Seems to me that Occupy Sandy is getting national coverage. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #51

LOL Starry Messenger Nov 2012 #52

I know of and hear from OWS... 99Forever Nov 2012 #55

Or it could be titled "Clueless Guy No One Has Heard Of With A Worthless Opinion" Matariki Nov 2012 #56

No one has ever heard of Thomas Frank? NoPasaran Nov 2012 #71

I think it is the final 3 paragraphs with which i take issue: coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #58

They seem less relevant to the present USA, and you'd have to question their success muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #68

OK, please explain to me what "Mississippi in the fifties" has to do coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #74

muriel_volestrangler is right salvorhardin Nov 2012 #69

I like and deeply respect Thomas Frank and this article has definitely coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #75

Theory? tama Nov 2012 #82

1848? Really? NoPasaran Nov 2012 #70

1848 scared the shit out of the ruling elite, just as OWS scared the shit out of the 1% parasites. I coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #76

Well there's 5 minutes of my time I'll never get back. Le Taz Hot Nov 2012 #61

Narcissism will destroy the "centrists" or corporatists. mmonk Nov 2012 #63

loads of lulz KG Nov 2012 #64

President Obama aandegoons Nov 2012 #65

The anger that permeates some of these posts is very much like the Tea Party anger. randome Nov 2012 #66

Hilarious! Who writes this stuff? Zorra Nov 2012 #77

When was OWS ever a movement against state power? 6000eliot Nov 2012 #67

It has been anarchist initiative from the beginning tama Nov 2012 #83

OWS is like the Tea Party? Oilwellian Nov 2012 #78

Until Tea Partiers face excessive police brutality and are no longer corporately-funded, Jamaal510 Nov 2012 #84

Ocuppy wasn't as successful as the Tea Party Mr.Turnip Nov 2012 #85

The tealiban are funded by the Koch brothers. Occupy is a populist movement. Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #88