Tea Party vs Occupy Wall Street: Where do you stand?

Tea Party vs Occupy Wall Street: Where do you stand?

In the recent weeks since the Occupy Wall Street protest began I have hosted, on the various Mystic Politics social profiles (linked below), various debates about the overlap, or lack thereof, and similarities between Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party movements.

As a person who was present and helped promulgate the finer points of both movements by disseminating media and being present in both upswells, I personally see a lot of middle-ground here, but am finding out that this might not be a position held by many.

Were you a Tea Party participant or had aligned yourself with that meme? How do you feel about the #Occupy protests?

Are you an Occupy Wall Street participant? How does the Tea Party resonate with you?

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[MysticPolitics]

@kanojo1969 I agree, although however well they designed it, unless people are there they rely on media for their reporting who can hijack the narrative.

[MysticPolitics]

@kanojo1969 I agree, although however well they designed it, unless people are there they rely on media for their reporting who can hijack the narrative.

[suzieq0452]

OH Please!The ea Partythat Of Ron Paul was Taken Over by the Bigots,Blowhards and Bimboes that are the the RepubliCON TEABAGGERS. You try to BLUR the edges here. You say you're Moderate well you are on the "RIGHT" Side of Moderate if you are trying to Pass Off TEABAGGERS that call Ron Paul "CRAZY" as the Orignal Tea Party. I'm an Independent "PINKO" CONaDUH once known as Canada til Our Version of TEABAGGERS got a Majority ,but I'd VOTE for a"CRAZY" Ron Paul over HIDEOUS HARPER Any DAY.

[MysticPolitics]

@suzieq0452 "You try to BLUR the edges here. " No I was a part of the tea party and I'm a part of #ows. I like parts of both movements, but if either had worked it would be better than what we have now. I like the social programs and regulation of #ows and I like the money/tax reform of the tea party. I am a fan of Ron Paul and he is probably the only person I would vote for...

[MysticPolitics]

@DecentralizedByGuilt "check out Stephan Zarlenga, Hudson, and Kucinich's proposal for monetary reform" I will, thanks. :)

[kanojo1969]

@kanojo1969 OK, my next three comments need to be read from bottom to top, sorry about that.

[kanojo1969]

@kanojo1969 the democratic operatives take over the movement as a campaign tool. They have many beliefs similar to the original Tea Party ideas, but the Tea Party now has lost all of that. Members of the original Tea Party who didn't like the way it was bught by the GOP should find something they like in OWS. The most important thing for OWS is to keep away from partisan politics, and that means rejecting BOTH sides. Values like integrity and responsibility are NOT left or right.

[kanojo1969]

@kanojo1969 of preventing Obama getting free public healthcare for all. By the time the healthcare debate was over, the Tea Party had taken over the far right of the GOP. They worked hard to defeat lots of moderate republicans in the mid-term elections, but the people they elected instead have mostly turned out to be insane far-right nuts who won't compromise for anything, and so created the most broken congress in memory.

OWS has set out from the start to be different and NOT let

[kanojo1969]

OK, this is tough to summarise in a small space. First, the TeaParty came from multiple origins - Ron Paul started using the link to the Boston Tea Party in his fundraising in 2007 or so. Rick Santelli started something with a similar outlook when he did that big rant on CNBC in 2008. Dick Armey used his Freedomworks PAC to literally purchase the 'Tea Party' name and build a big bus called the Tea Party Express to tour the country and build support. Soon enough they rallied around the cause

[MysticPolitics]

@wind0wninja The is no attempt to divide an conquer, as indeed the video was asking for discussions of middle-ground. And why do you presume anyone here to be unwilling to govern themselves? Spam bot weirdos.