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Originally Posted by SwampYankee
Just so I'm clear,
Tea Party=Rash generalizations good.
Occupiers=Rash generalizations bad?
I think there's some common ground between the two groups and can relate with parts of both. If we don't wish for one of the groups to be defined by their fringes, don't define the other one by their own fringes.
Although I guess that grey does make it more difficult to rile up the opponent than black and white.
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Yup, they both start with the general thought that the economy is bad...so lets do something about it. The way to get out of the current situation seems vastly different though
. One big key difference is the area of funding. The Tea Party has a lot of money behind it, the TP Express bus, etc. I would suspect their public support of capitalism earns them some big bucks (great business model for a nonprofit too) but that would be nothing without the individual supporters. It'll be interesting to see how the issue of funding turns out for OWS, at the moment it seems to be mainly volunteers but in comparison to the TP, they are relatively young and are only beginning to gain traction.