Quote Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro View Post
No, this is exactly the fault of populism...swaying masses of people through propaganda.

What I said is along the same lines of saying that a politician should directly address the issues in his speech rather than say a bunch of empty feel good rhetoric, or that politicians who find they are running behind shouldn't run a dishonest smear campaign to help out their numbers.

If you have a minority belief, you have to convince other people that you are right. But you DON'T try to convince people you are right by attempting to make it look like the "fascist police are being directed by the government to crack down on the protesters".
Isn't it the duty of individuals to disseminate information for themselves? If the protesters have no substances and are just crying wolf, shouldn't the public recognize it for themselves? Why do we need to have the government act for the public? Why should the government have the power to decide when a group is legitimate and which are wannabe martyrs.



How the heck are they killing America?
Maybe not America, but my impression of what you are saying is that you think they are a threat to free speech and the health of the countries discourse.

Most of their press has been from the camps and the arrests and the rubber bullet stuff.

How do you feel about that phelps guy who protests at funerals?
The Phelps guy can go ahead and get as much press as he wants from conflicts with police. When the public reads about him camping in a park, they should know that he is actually a crazy person with no substance. Same goes for OWS, the public should take individual responsibility for learning about legitimacy of a movement and chose to ignore/participate for themselves. The government should not be tear gassing students, even if they are wannabe martyrs.