Orders from the 1%

[Guns Guns Guns]

For a few weeks now, national Republican Party leaders have been insulting the Occupy Wall Street movement as everything from “dangerous… class warfare” to “mobs… pitting of Americans against Americans” to “an attack on freedom.”

These general rhetorical attacks attempt to distract from the fundamental — and wildly popular — messages of OWS.

It’s a bait-and-switch that harkens back to the tactics of Richard Nixon, who during the Vietnam conflict sought to distract from the popular anti-war message by focusing anger on the unpopular anti-war messengers.

http://www.salon.com/2011/10/26/ows_republicans_elections/

 

[RockX]

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[Guns Guns Guns]

The way to understand all of this is to realize that it’s part of a broader syndrome, in which wealthy Americans who benefit hugely from a system rigged in their favor react with hysteria to anyone who points out just how rigged the system is.



http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/opinion/panic-of-the-plutocrats.html?_r=1