tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393248388435358598.post2048254840431367651..comments2022-06-22T05:17:54.223-07:00Comments on Roark Wolfe: OWS vs. The Tea PartyRoark Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05807501764345223453noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393248388435358598.post-56683423045706271232012-01-07T16:44:56.171-07:002012-01-07T16:44:56.171-07:00Laura: The point of the graph is not to represent ...Laura: The point of the graph is not to represent the liberal view, as you say it is. It is to illustrate the views of the Occupy movement. This is an important distinction, and your observation proves that the graph is useful. So as usual, there is a thread of agreement between us: it IS sad that the OWS crowd was sold as a mainstream liberal movement. Indeed, that's one of the things they were trying so hard to sell (The whole 99% thing), but the hippies doth protest too much. They failed to show, even to those who they had a hope of reaching out to, that they were even sane. The Tea Party, on the other hand, has successfully shown that its broad message is very palatable to a large portion of America. Agreeable to all? No, but to most. Are all Tea Partiers sane? No, most are, but it's easy to over generalize, right? <br />And finally: sane, rational, and RIGHT does not equal neutral, mainstream, or common. I wish it did. I am not neutral. I am not unbiased. I am a RADICAL. I represent the radical view that capitalism should be espoused and implemented untainted by government intrusion. We have separation of church and state. We need separation of economy and state. And we need to be radicals for those viewpoints.Roark Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05807501764345223453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393248388435358598.post-46105560991604941352012-01-06T18:08:19.553-07:002012-01-06T18:08:19.553-07:00Why is it Laura, that only those who agree with yo...Why is it Laura, that only those who agree with you are "unbiased?" Have you listened to the OWS's? The info on the left arrow very accurately represents what they said, what their signs said, except that the foul language has been edited out.Cora Lee Schingnitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00671757321227608257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393248388435358598.post-82804317240466404002011-12-14T11:47:49.748-07:002011-12-14T11:47:49.748-07:00I would really like to see this same diagram done ...I would really like to see this same diagram done by someone that was neutral and unbiased. It was really interesting to me until I read the left side. It was just full of the unreasonable gobbledigooke that conservatives always put out as being the liberal view. That's not to say there wasn't a lot of unreasonable inane gobbledigooke being spewed by the OWS. It is really sad that they were the group representing the liberals. I have some very well spoken, educated, coherent and intelligent friends that are liberal and have some very good arguments. But you will never hear them quoted on a Conservative site.Laura A. Sandigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10628233971511531815noreply@blogger.com