Can Occupy Successfully Include Tea Party Types?

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MineralMan   (1000+ posts)             Sun Nov-20-11 11:59 AM
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Can Occupy Successfully Include Tea Party Types?
   

 
I don't think so. While both the typical Occupy early adopter and the typical tea partier share a distrust of government, the similarity ends there. The Tea Party celebrates corporatism and believes that business is king, and that if only business were left to its own devices, everyone would do just fine. That is at the foundation of the Tea Party movement.

Including Tea Partiers in Occupy will not accomplish anything, in my opinion, but to create discord within the movement. I see it as akin to including KKK members in the civil rights movement of the 60s. Both groups wanted the races to get along. One wanted equality; the other wanted complete separation. The principles were completely opposite.

The Occupy movement should be inclusive, but must consider fundamental beliefs when designing that inclusiveness. I believe Occupy is completely incompatible with the Tea Party.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2349727

They are jealous of the Tea Party, that is why so many of them talk about co opting the Tea Party. In reality the Tea Party wants nothing to do with a bunch of people who act like animals and demand freebies all day.

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The Tea Party wants much less government.

The OWemeS want much more government.

So, NO.