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It's almost needless to say, but if a bunch of TeaBaggers settled into a park somewhere to protest Kenyan Muslim Socialism then things would be playing out a bit differently. Brooks and Gerson would be writing regular tributes to these heroic Americans who represent the best of us. Nightly on the NewsHour they'd remind us that it had been "X days since President Obama refused to give in to their demands" no matter how kooky or nonexistent those demands were.
And, no, the cops would not have gone in and started bashing heads.I've stayed out of the OWS conversation, for the most part. I haven't come down for or against in any classic sense of taking sides. I support anyone's right to protest peacefully. Just like I supported the tea baggers right to protest. I don't agree with them but I do agree they have the right to protest and voice their concerns.
With that said, there's no doubt in anyone's mind that if a tea bagger protest was broken up with police beating people it would be portrayed as a giant infringement on patriotic citizen's rights. It would be Big Government Obama enforcing his tyranny.
There's also one point I want to make clear. I keep hearing people, mostly the same people who walked around with boners when the tea baggers were in the streets, saying that the OWS protesters need to go find a job. Duh! That's why they are there. They want to work. They are mad that they've played by the rules and have lost out. They didn't get bailed out like Wall St. did, who by the way did not play by the rules. That's not saying everyone protesting is an upstanding citizen or even entirely passionate about contributing to society. You don't have to support the movement. You don't even have to like it. But at least concede the point that they are not just worthless hippies who hate America. These are people that are demanding their fair share, their Dream. Take it or leave it
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