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Originally Posted by Robbie
Aren't you painting with a big brush there? I doubt very seriously that every Tea Party person is an old person and/or a dumb redneck. Just like I doubt that every person in the OWS is "serious"
My guess is that both movements have a handful of leaders...and a LOT of sheep.
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I doubt that both even have "a LOT of sheep". The mainstream news media is intentionally giving this more than it deserves and is fraudulently and artificially making this a growing movement. This past weekend was the first of these protests in the Phoenix area. Both CNN and local CBS, ABC and NBC affiliates reported there were "hundreds" of people protesting. I was there. I never counted more than 120 people over 4 hours. The very repsectful cops hauled away about 40 people who were simply assholes. If the camera crews had showed a reasonably wide-angle... just a shot from across the street from where they assembled... it would have looked very small and unimpressive. I've seen lines for movie tickets and sporting events that looked more intimidating. If the TV cameras stopped showing up at these "events" this movement would die a quick and proper death. It's bogus propaganda.