The Soul Of Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street is back–or was, anyway. In honor of May Day, celebrated by socialists everywhere, Occupiers took to the street. James Taranto catalogs the results.
A taste: “PJMedia.com has video showing several dozen so-called protesters surrounding two counterdemonstrators, chanting dehumanizing slogans, throwing liquids at them, and physically attacking them.”
I’ve been asked if there are similarities between the Occupiers and the Tea Parties. Well, judge for yourself.
Update: Our friend Jonathan Hoenig took this picture of Occupiers marching outside Chicago’s Board of Trade.
That speaks for itself.
6 Comments to “The Soul Of Occupy Wall Street”
A little perspective: Occupiers are typically young adults in their early twenties who think the US is still Capitalist. They likely only know what they learned in school or what left leaning media has told them, causing a linguistic divide of ignorance. The religious right can likely be blamed for making them Left leaning in the first place.
But what made Occupy grow was the escalating police abuses and anti-bailout sentiment. At this point, the former is turning Occupy into emotional over-reactions.
The guy with the white hat in the picture doesn’t look like a young adult to me.
“The religious right can likely be blamed for making them Left leaning in the first place.”
Why is Joyce Meyer or some other avatar of what is only loosely termed the ‘religious right’ a more likely villain than say Cornel West and the religious left?
“Religious teachers here are predominantly good, healthy materialists. . . . Many religious leaders preach [altruism] today, because of their own leftist politics; it’s not inherent in being religious. . . . If you want to be a full Objectivist, you cannot reconcile that with religion; but that doesn’t mean religious people cannot be individualists and fight for freedom. They can, and this country is the best proof of it.” - Ayn Rand
This is appalling.
I thought the “Communism” brand was completely ruined, that’s why they use names like “Occupy” movement and “Green” movement.
But here we have them using it plainly. It is a bit worrying if that brand has become acceptable again.
Nolan: The Religious Right has never held power, in the true sense of controlling laws and forcing religion on people. Nobody can blame an unsuccessful social movement for their own counter-stupidity. I oppose the Religious Right but I also oppose the nuts in Occupy Wall Street. I would never campaign for socialism/communism or the forced government takeover of US corporations. To say the right is to blame for the left is dishonest.