Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by soopaman2

Why are you so in favor of the status quo?

This is what I don't get either. It's like it would be poison for some people to admit that the government is corrupt and money holds more say than a person's vote. That's the root of the whole protest, but for some reason, people buy into the smears that it's about communism or a bunch of lazy people wanting free stuff.

The people with their hand on the throat of democracy and true capitalism in this country feel threatened by the protests. They can only maintain their grip so long as nobody points it out. When it's pointed out, they put out a story that these people are communists or socialists or whatever in order to divert the attention away from themselves. And the rubes lap it up and spew it back at anyone who dares say that the protesters have a point. Unbelievable.

[August]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

This is what I don't get either. It's like it would be poison for some people to admit that the government is corrupt and money holds more say than a person's vote. That's the root of the whole protest, but for some reason, people buy into the smears that it's about communism or a bunch of lazy people wanting free stuff.

The people with their hand on the throat of democracy and true capitalism in this country feel threatened by the protests. They can only maintain their grip so long as nobody points it out. When it's pointed out, they put out a story that these people are communists or socialists or whatever in order to divert the attention away from themselves. And the rubes lap it up and spew it back at anyone who dares say that the protesters have a point. Unbelievable.

What unbelievable is how you always go right for the personal insults. "Rubes"? Do you really think your rudeness is going to win you any allies among the middle class? I mean the real middle class, not the union guy who thinks that sweeping the floor ought to provide a "living wage" or the Ivy league college student who has absolutely no conception of what it takes to hold down a job?

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by August

What unbelievable is how you always go right for the personal insults. "Rubes"? Do you really think your rudeness is going to win you any allies among the middle class? I mean the real middle class, not the union guy who thinks that sweeping the floor ought to provide a "living wage" or the Ivy league college student who has absolutely no conception of what it takes to hold down a job?

"Always" Hah. And you "always" mischaracterize and strawman the other person's argument. But I stand by my opinion that anyone against getting Wall Street money out of Congress and bringing back real capitalism and ending corporate welfare is deserving of being called a much nastier name than "rube."

[August]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

"Always" Hah. And you "always" mischaracterize and strawman the other person's argument. But I stand by my opinion that anyone against getting Wall Street money out of Congress and bringing back real capitalism and ending corporate welfare is deserving of being called a much nastier name than "rube."

Ok maybe "always" is an exaggeration but in this thread alone you have called those who you disagree with you rubes, idiots, malicious, ludicrous, butthurt, yahoos and a joke.

Heck your first comment about that Coulter article I posted was "the mangled blood coughs of a rhetorical emphysemic on her last bits of lung". I had to press you for you to give a decent answer that wasn't filled with personal insult and invective.

Not to mention the fact that your side constantly refers to "the rich" like they were united in their beliefs and practices. That's not a mischaracterization of them? Saying "they" are all out to steal your money, that's not a strawman?

Whatever. You just keep alienating potential supporters. We'll see what nastier names you can call us when your movement fails.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by August

We'll see what nastier names you can call us when your movement fails.

I'll ask you why you hate democracy and capitalism so much and wish to see them fail.

Originally Posted by soopaman2

(Forget Bloomberg news, Owned by the mayor of New York City, a wall Street Billionairre...Great mayor though)

Actually they do a pretty good job balancing their op-eds on both sides.

[August]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

I'll ask you why you hate democracy and capitalism so much and wish to see them fail.

Demanding that someone else pay your bills is hardly democracy or capitalism.

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by August

Demanding that someone else pay your bills is hardly democracy or capitalism.

Agree!

Now tell that to Wall Street and GM. (they don't listen anyways)

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by August

Heck your first comment about that Coulter article I posted was "the mangled blood coughs of a rhetorical emphysemic on her last bits of lung". I had to press you for you to give a decent answer that wasn't filled with personal insult and invective.

But personal insult and invective are Coulter's stock-in-trade. She brings out the worst in people, even good folks like Mookie.

[August]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

But personal insult and invective are Coulter's stock-in-trade. She brings out the worst in people, even good folks like Mookie.

That is definitely true Steve.

[yubba]

Lions and tigers and bears oh my lions and tigers and bears oh my, Liars and commies and nazis oh my, been a little busy, learned that the American Nazi and Communist parties are giving support too the occupiers, yubba also learned new word, the word of the day, boys and girls is sedition, you guys seem pretty smart, explain to yubba why this isn't sedition. http://www.ask.com/wiki/Sedition and why the government has not denounce this movement, I guess this is why they are not burning store fronts here in the states. Heard on the radio that the occupiers are having things like cameras and laptops being stolen from them, liberals stealing from liberals what a tootie fruity world they live in, if they don't believe in capitalism why do they have such things. Last yubba heard nazis were pretty racist, now who did they hate yubba hate nazis, nazis kill family members on big beach in France in big war, yubba not fond of france either. So who's the terrorist the Tea Party or the Occupiers.