On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Unfortunately, the comments (which I know aren't RT's fault) come > right out of the lunatic fringe (a anti-Semitic rant about the > Rothschilds controlling everything and another commenter calling > President Obama "a gangster from Chicago"--which sounds more like > Lonesome Rhodes Beck than the left--and saying he should be tried as a > war criminal) and are the sort of crap that does the Occupy Wall > Street cause no good, unless these people really want anarchy or > Soviet-style Communism instead of proper government regulation of > businesses like we had before the Reagan era. Agreed. I suppose one of the distinct things about this protest is that, because it is so wide in scope, it attracts people from all parts of the ideological spectrum. Occupy will get everyone from communists to tea partiers, because it isn't a protest about any single issue. Watch any of the live feeds during their general assemblies and you'll hear a mix of people making motions. Some of them are simple (I heard someone debate what to say as they're being hauled away in plastic cuffs) to the far left (I heard someone make a motion to suspend the wearing of clothing) to the far right (I heard someone want to issue a statement to Congress telling them they have no authority under the Constitution). The thing is, in a representative democracy, the fringe folks are heard and -- frankly -- can sit on the literal fringes to do as they please. At the Occupy LA march I attended, there were two or three "9/11 truthers" out there, and their views were given the exact right amount of recognition, which was very little. Contrast that with media who have decided that all views carry equal weight no matter how far out they are. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
