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In reply to the discussion: Thomas Frank: Why Occupy failed and how it's more like the Tea Party than anyone wants to admit [View all]HiPointDem
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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
I'm afraid we must accept the words exactly as written. How could they possibly be incorrect?
Fire Walk With Me
Nov 2012
#13
Little too early to say Occupy failed--the newest stuff, like debt collection and
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#2
You might actually read Thomas Frank's review to find out how Occupy is like the Tea Party.
salvorhardin
Nov 2012
#20
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
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
"..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
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
Please remember that most of the worst police brutality against Occupy was done by Democratic mayors
Fire Walk With Me
Nov 2012
#42
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
It's unfair to compare OWS to the tea party. One is a real movement, the other is corporate funded
DireStrike
Nov 2012
#37
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
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
Or it could be titled "Clueless Guy No One Has Heard Of With A Worthless Opinion"
Matariki
Nov 2012
#56
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
I like and deeply respect Thomas Frank and this article has definitely
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#75
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
The anger that permeates some of these posts is very much like the Tea Party anger.
randome
Nov 2012
#66
Until Tea Partiers face excessive police brutality and are no longer corporately-funded,
Jamaal510
Nov 2012
#84
The tealiban are funded by the Koch brothers. Occupy is a populist movement.
Fire Walk With Me
Nov 2012
#88