Occupy Wall Street vs. the Tea Party. (What if the Tea Party had done it?)

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Is There A Double Standard?

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    Occupy Wall Street vs. the Tea Party. (What if the Tea Party had done it?)

    Is there a double standard of how the media treated the Tea Party vs. OWS?

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    you can find the Occupy Wall Street rap sheet of 333 incidents that the Tea Party would have been slammed over if they had done it. However, I think it goes without question that the national media as a whole have treated OWS way better than they ever did the Tea Party. This begs the question, is there a double standard for radical leftists movements vs. right wing movements in the media? Particularly since the Tea Party acted within the law, left their protests grounds cleaner than they found them, and had no arrests, and didnt infringe on the rights of others; while the media searched in desperation for radicalism, raceism, and all out crazyness. The same treatement toward OWS has been nonexistant from MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, etc...





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    Hell yes. Tea party members had some racist signs and OWS has a rap sheet 50 pages long - but they call TPers terrorists.
     
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    1.NY: 10/1/2011 — Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge
    2.Madison, WI: 10-27-2011 — Madison Occupiers Lose Permit Due to Public Masturbation
    3.Phoenix: 10/28/2011 — Flier at Occupy Phoenix Asks, “When Should You Shoot a Cop?”
    4.NY: 10/18/2011 — Thieves Preying on Fellow Protesters
    5.NY: 10/9/2011 — Stinking up Wall Street: Protesters Accused of Living in Filth as Shocking Pictures Show One Demonstrator Defecating on a POLICE CAR
    6.NY: 10/7/2011 — Occupiers Rush Police … More
    7.Cleveland: 10/18/2011 — ‘Occupy Cleveland’ Protester Alleges She Was Raped
    8.NY: 10/10/2011 — ‘Increasingly Debauched’: Are Sex, Drugs & Poor Sanitation Eclipsing Occupy Wall Street?
    9.Seattle: 10/18/2011 — Man Accused of Exposing Self to Children Arrested
    10.10/12/2011 — Iran Supports ‘Occupy Wall Street’
    11.Portland: 10/16/2011 –#OccupyPortland Protester Desecrates Memorial To U.S. War Dead
    12.Portland: 10/15/2011 — #OccupyPortland Protesters Sing “F*** The USA”
    13.Chicago: 10/17/2011 — COMMUNIST LEADER Cheered at Occupy Chicago
    14.10/15/2011 — American Nazi Party Endorses Occupy Wall Street‘s ’Courage,‘ Tells Members to Support Protests and Fight ’Judeo-Capitalist Banksters’
    15.Boston: 10/14/2011 — Coast Guard member spit on near Occupy Boston tents
    16.Boston: 10/11/2011 — Boston Police Arrest Over 100 from Occupy Boston
    17.New York: 10/11/2011 — “You Can Have Sex with Animals.”
    18.New York: 10/15/2011 — Harassing Police with Accusations of Phony Injuries
    19.New York: 10/9/2011 — ‘Occupy Wallstreet’ Protesters Steal from Local Businesses
    20.New York: 10/25/2011 — Three Men Threatened to Kill 24-Year-Old Occupy Wall Street Protester for Reporting Rape
    21.Baltimore: 10/18/2011 — #OccupyBaltimore Discourages Sexual Assault Victims from Contacting Police
    22.Portland: 10/27/2011 — Occupy Portland’s Attempt At Wealth Redistribution Ends In Theft
    23.Los Angeles: 10/14/2011 – Anti-Semitic Protester at Occupy Wall Street
    24.10/27/2011 — A Death Threat From an Occupy Wall Street Protester
    25.10/27/2011 – Anti-Semitic Tweet From Occupier or Sympathizer
    26.Boston: 10/20/2011 — Occupy Boston Doesn’t Want Police Involved in Rape
    27.New York: 10/5/2011: Anti-Semitic Occupier Screams About Jews, Israel
    28.New York: 10/4/2011 — Occupier Taunts Jewish Man
    29.Boston: 10/2011 — Occupiers Block Street
    30.New York: 10/2011 — Occupier Tries to Steal Police Officer’s Gun
    31.New York: 10/27/2011 — Occupiers Block Traffic, Get Arrested
    32.Oakland: 10/27/2011 — Occupiers Throw Garbage at Police
    33.Oakland: 10/19/2011 — Abusive #OccupyOakland Protesters Ban Media from Tent City
    34.Eugene, OR: 10/19/2011 — Occupiers Displace Farmers’ Market Threatening Hundreds of Jobs
    35.Portland, OR: 10/18/2011 — Capitalist Offering Jobs at Occupy Portland Finds Few Takers
    36.NY: 10/20/2011 — #OccupyWallStreet Threatens Businesses, Patrons
    37.NY: 10/14/2011 — Violence Breaks Out During #OccupyWallStreet March Toward Stock Exchange
    38.NY: 10/14/2011 — Protesters March On Wall Street, Scuffle With Cops
    39.Oakland: 10/19/2011 — #OccupyOakland Protesters Threaten Reporter
    40.Oakland: 10/26/2011 — Occupiers Scuffle with Police
    41.Oakland: 10/24/2011 — Protesters Storm, Vandalize, Shut Down Chase Bank
    42.Dayton, OH: 10/22/2011 — Protester: ‘F*ck The Military, F*ck Your Flag, And F*ck The Police’
    43.Chicago: 10/14/2011 — Protesters’ Message At #OccupyChicago Rally: ‘Destroy Israel’
    44.NY: 10/23/2011 — #OccupyWallStreet Supporter Rants Against Israel, Jews
    45.NY: 10/22/2011 — #Occupy Kid: ‘Burn Wall Street, Burn!’
    46.NY: 10/21/2011 — New Yorkers Fed Up With Noisy, Defecating Protesters
    47.Oakland: 10/21/2011 — Occupy Oakland Evicted After Reports Of Crime And Intimidation
    48.Oakland: 10/19/2011 — #OccupyOakland Out of Control: Rats, Graffiti, Vandalism, Sexual Harassment, Public Sex and Urination
    49.Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Occupiers Under Investigation by FBI for Links to Terrorism
    50.Cleveland: 10/29/2011 — Rape Reported at Occupy Cleveland
    51.Dallas: 10/24/2011 — Police Investigating Possible Sexual Assault Of Teen At Occupy Dallas
    52.Bloomington, IN: 10/26/2011 — Man Claims Occupy Bloomington Protesters Drugged, Handcuffed Him
    53.NY: 10/10/2011 — Sex, Drugs and Hiding from the Law at Wall Street Protests
    54.Glasgow: 10/26/2011 — Woman Gang-Raped
    55.Boston: 10/23/2011 — Occupy Boston Protesters Arrested For Dealing Heroin – With 6 Year-Old in Tent
    56.Portland: 10/16/2011 — Sex Offender Registers Occupy Portland Camp as Address
    57.Denver: 10/15/2011 — Occupy Denver Demonstrator Accused of Groping TV Photographer
    58.Lawrence, KS: 10/25/2011 — Sexual Assault Reported at Occupy Camp
    59.Minneapolis, MN: Bricks, Rocks, ‘Riot Supplies’ Discovered by Police
    60.Phoenix, AZ: 10/27/2011 — Neo-Nazis Patrol “Occupy Phoenix” With AR-15′s
    61.Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Occupy Chicago Invades City Hall
    62.10/26/2011 — ACORN, Occupy Email Talks About Assault on Banks
    63.10/26/2011 — OccupyWallStreet Strategy for Reports of Violence Against Cops
    64.Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Unrepentant Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers Wows Occupiers
    65.Chicago: 10/25/2011 — Ayers Coaches #OccupyChicago, Callsg for School ‘Occupations’
    66.10/26/2011/ — Occupy Protests Have Jewish Leaders Concerned
    67.Wash DC: 10/27/2011 — OccupyDC Leftists Provoke Police – Hang Flag on Top of DC Statue
    68.Albuquerque, NM: 10/26/2011 — Occupy Squatters Riot With Police
    69.San Diego: 10/25/2011 — Flag Used as Chew Toy by Occupier’s Dog
    70.Oakland: 10/25/2011 — Occupiers Throw Bottles at Police
    71.NY: 10/27/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Protesters: Rush Limbaugh Is Bigger Threat Than Al-Qaeda
    72.10/27/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Launching First Nationwide General Strike in America Since 1946
    73.NY: 10/28/2011 — Fox 5 News Reporter Assaulted at OWS
    74.10/28/2001 — Total Occupy Arrests Made Thus Far: 2750
    75.Nashville: 10/28/2011 — 30 Arrests Made at Wall St. Protest
    76.NY: 10/20/2011 — Former Marine Tries to Taunt Police into Violence
    77.NY: 1023/2011 — Islamist Group Joins with Occupy Wall Street
    78.Los Angeles: 10/13/2011 — Roundup of Overt Occupy anti-Semitism
    79.NY: 10/12/2011 — There are No Anti-Semites at Occupy Wall Street. Except for This Guy
    80.Missoula, MT: 10/20/2011 — Drunk 11-Year-Old At Occupy Missoula, Adult Arrested
    81.Oakland: 10/28/2011 — Bounty Out On Police Officer?
    82.Manchester, NH: 10/28/2011 — Woman charged with pimping teen recruited at Occupy NH rally
    83.San Diego: 10/28/2011 — 40 Occupiers arrested
    84.Boston: 10/24/2011 — Occupy Boston Vandalism of Banks
    85.Boston: 10/25/2011 — Store Owner Suffers 4 Break Ins Since Occupy Boston Began
    86.Portland: 10/28/2011 — Portland Police: Buckets of Excrement Scattered Around #OccupyPortland Camp
    87.Seattle: 10/20/2011 — Two Possible Occupiers Charged With Assault
    88.Seattle: 10/18/2011 — Armed Felon Arrested at Occupy Seattle
    89.Seattle: 10/18/2011 — A Tent Fight and (At Least) One Arrest at Occupy Seattle
    90.Seattle: 10/17/2011 — Over 50 Cops Clear Westlake Occupation, Make Eight Arrests
    91.Seattle: 10/13/2011 — Cops Arrest Several Occupy Protesters
    92.Seattle: 10/13/2011 — Chanting Protesters Surround Police After Officers Arrest Two
    93.Denver: 10/29/2011 — Protesters Clash with Police at OWS Denver
    94.Austin: 10/13/2011 — Occupy Austin protesters arrested for blocking cleaning Crews
    95.Calgary, CN: 10/28/2011 — Occupiers do $40,000 in Property Damage
    96.Cincinnati, OH: 10/21/2011 — 23 Arrested, Remains of protests fill two dumpsters
    97.Sacramento: 10/19/2011 — 9 arrested in ‘Occupy Sacramento’ protest
    98.Sacramento: 10/13/2011 — Four More Occupy Sacramento Demonstrators Arrested
    99.Austin, TX: 10/22/2011 — Man Arrested After Knife Incident at Occupy Austin Camp
    100.Nashville: 10/29/2011 — Tenn. Protesters Arrested For 2nd Straight Night
    101.Austin, TX: 10/30/2011 — Austin Police arrest 38 Occupy Austin Protesters
    102.NY: 10/30/2011 — Woman Assaulted in Her tent
    103.Orlando, FL: 10/28/2011 — Occupy Orlando, police clash over use of downtown park
    104.Orlando, FL: 10/26/2011 — 2 Occupy Orlando protesters arrested for trespass
    105.Orlando, FL: 10/22/2011 — Police arrest 19 Orlando protesters on trespass charges
    106.Asheville, NC: 10/30/2011 — Occupiers Clash with Homeless in Asheville
    107.Nationwide: 10/27/2011 — Pro-Occupy Site claims 2511 Arrests Thus Far
    108.Fort Worth, TX: 10/16/2011 — Arrests at Occupy Fort Worth Protest
    109.NY: 10/29/2011 — Three Incidents of Anti-Semitism
    110.San Francisco: 10/29/2011 — Anti-Semitic, Folsom Street Fair Types & Che Guevara Lovin
    111.Oklahoma City: 10/30/2011 — Death of Street Poet at #OccupyOKC Treated as Homicide
    112.Baltimore: 10/31/2011 — Woman Claims She was Raped at #OccupyBaltimore
    113.Boston: 10/31/2001 — Alleged Heroin Dealer Joined Occupy Movement
    114.Ottawa: 10/31/2011 — #OccupyOttawa Violent & Sexual Assaults Not Reported to Police
    115.Santa Barbara, CA: 10/5/2011 — Occupiers Defy Police
    116.Santa Barbara, CA: 10/6/2011 — 8 Occupiers Arrested
    117.Denver, CO: 10/31/2011 — Occupiers Taunt Police, Knock Motorcycle Cop to Ground
    118.Dallas, TX: 10/24/2011 — 23 Occupy Dallas Protesters Arrested After Bank Demonstration
    119.Richmond, VA: 10/31/2011 — Arrests of Occupiers in Richmond
    120.Dallas, TX: 1v1/1/2011: Man Arrested for Child Sex assault at Occupy Dallas Camp
     
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    121.NY: 11/1/2011 — Protesters Flock to STD-Test Clinics After Occupier ‘Free Love’
    122.Iowa: 11/1/2011 — Occupiers Intend to Disrupt Iowa Caucus
    123.NY: 11/1/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Costs Main Street Workers Their Jobs
    124.San Diego: 10/29/2011 — Businesswoman Closes Shop After Threats By Occupiers
    125.Palm Desert, CA: 11/1/2011 — Occupiers Arrested
    126.Tampa, FL: 10/24/2011 — Six Occupiers Arrested
    127.Tampa, FL: 10/27/2011 — Two More Arrested In Connection to Occupy Tampa Movement
    128.Tampa, FL: 10/29/2011 — Occupy Tampa Protesters Arrested After Scuffle With Police
    129.Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — Rallies Turn Violent
    130.Seattle, WA: 11/2/2011 — Cops, Protesters Clash
    131.Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — Protests Degenerate Into Chaos
    132.Tulsa, OK: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Clash With Police
    133.Sacramento, CA: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Smash County Vehicle Windows
    134.Philadelphia: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Arrested
    135.Charlottesville, VA: 11/1/2011 — Underage Drinking at Occupy Charlottesville Site
    136.Portland: 11/2/2011 — Occupier Shoves Police Officer into Moving Bus
    137.Oakland: 11/2/2011 — Malkin’s Collection of Vandalism and Menacing Signs
    138.NYC: 11/3/2011 — Occupier Busted In Tent Grope, Suspected In Rape
    139.NYC: 11/4/2011 — 16 OWS Protesters Arrested at Goldman Sachs HQ
    140.Oakland, CA: 11-3-2011 — Occupy-Friendly Business Vandalized
    141.Asheville, NC: 11/3/2011 — 24 Occupiers Arrested
    142.Raleigh, NC: 10/28/2011 — Eight at Occupy Raleigh Arrested After Standoff
    143.NYC: 11/4/2011 — Deranged Homeless Man Goes on Violent Rampage In Zuccotti Park
    144.Dallas, TX: CPS Seizes Baby From ‘Occupy Dallas’ Site
    145.Wash DC: 11/4/2011 — Occupier Uses Child as Human Shield — Video
    146.Wash DC: 11/4/2011 — Occupiers Try to Storm Americans for Prosperity Event — Video
    147.Omaha, NE: 11/3/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested
    148.Atlanta: 11/3/2011 — Protester Turns On Fellow Protester With Knife
    149.Los Angeles: 10/28/2011 — Drug Use and Property Damage
    150.Boston, MA: 11/4/2011 — 3 Charged With Dealing Crack; Occupy Boston ‘Deteriorating’
    151.Boston, MA: 11/4/2011 — Occupiers Storm Israeli Consulate; Anti-Israel Chants — Video
    152.Vancouver, CN: 11/5/2011 — Occupy Vancouver Death Dooms Protest Camp
    153.Fort Collins, CO: 11/4/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Setting Fire to Condo Complex … $10M Damage
    154.Chula Vista, CA: 11/6/2011 — Underage Girl Missing From Occupy Protests
    155.Los Angeles, CA: 11/5/2011 – Two Assaults Raise Concerns About Crime at Occupy L.A.
    156.Dallas, TX: 11/5/2011 — Eight Arrests at Dallas Bank Protest
    157.Olympia, WA: 11/5/2011 – Two Occupy Protesters Arrested
    158.Seattle, WA: 11/3/2011 — Occupiers Cost City $426,000; Most of it Police Overtime
    159.Olympia, WA: 11/2/2011 — 3 Occupiers Arrested for Suspected of Robbing Local Wine Merchant
    160.Worcester, MA: 11/6/2011 — 25 Occupiers Arrested
    161.Milwaukee, WI: 11/2/2011 — Photojournalist, Two others Arrested at Protest … Video
    162.Milwaukee, WI: 10/20/2011 — Police Confront Occupier –Video … Arrested
    163.Wash. DC: 11/5/2011 — Rampaging Occupiers Attack 78 Year-Old Woman — Video
    164.Rochester, NY: 11/3/2011 — 161 Occupiers Arrested at Park
    165.NYC: 11/5/2011 — Police Clash With Occupiers, 20 Arrested at Courthouse Protest
    166.NYC: 11/5/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Vandalizing McDonald’s; Wanted Free Food
    167.Asheville, NC: 11/5/2011 — Four Occupiers Arrested
    168.Honolulu, HI: 11/6/2011 — Police Arrest Half-Dozen Occupiers
    169.Waikiki, HI: 11/7/2011 — Two Dozen Occupiers Arrested
    170.Portland, OR: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Threatening Restaurant Employees
    171.Portland, OR: 11/7/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Threatening Security Staff with Hammer
    172.Augusta, GA: 10/28/2011 — Occupier Arrested in Knife Threat
    173.Portland OR: 11/9/2011 — Police Suspect Occupiers in Molotov Cocktail Attack
    174.Sacramento, CA: 11/7/2011 — Homeless Clash With Occupy Protesters At Park
    175.New Orleans: 11/8/2011 — Man Dead for Two Days Found in Occupy Encampment
    176.San Diego: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Splatter Vendor Food Carts with Blood, Urine
    177.Los Angeles: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Shut Down Burger King — Video
    178.Atlanta, GA: 11/6/2011 — Occupiers Arrested After Attacking Police
    179.St. Louis, MO: 11/9/2011 — Occupiers Hack Into Mayor’s Website
    180.Oakland, CA: 11/8/2011 — “Dangerous” Occupiers Hurting Small Business Owners
    181.Vancouver, CN: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Bite Two Police Officers
    182.Wash DC: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Use Children to Block Traffic — Video
    183.Portland, OR: 11/9/2011 — Occupiers Threaten Citizen-Journalist – Video
    184.Wash DC: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Use Racial Taunts Against Black Security Guard — Video
    185.Eureka, CA: 11/9/2011 — Occupier Defecates in Bank – Video
    186.Wash DC: 11/5/2011 – Occupiers Menace Children, Female Reporter – Video
    187.Portland, OR: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Menace News Crew – Video
    188.NYC: 11/8/2011 — Occupier: ‘I Wouldn’t Give a F**k if 9/11 Happened 911 More Times’
    189.NYC: 11/8/2011 — Small Business Owner Threatened, Terrorized By Occupiers
    190.San Francisco, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupier Threatens Park Ranger
    191.Burlington, VT: 11/10/2011 — Veteran Shoots Self at Encampment
    192.Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — ‘Occupy Oakland’ Goes After Cop
    193.NYC: 11/10/2011 — EMT Assaulted at Occupy Wall Street
    194.San Diego, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupier Attacks Woman with Camera
    195.Berekely, CA: 11/10/2011 — 39 Occupiers Arrested
    196.Westwood, CA: 11/9/2011 — 11 Occupiers Arrested for Blocking Traffic
    197.Fresno, CA: 11/9/2011 — 40 Occupiers Arrested
    198.Toledo, OH: 11/1/2011 — 2 Occupiers Arrested
    199.Houston, TX: 11/9/2011 — 10 Occupiers Arrested
    200.NYC: 11/8/2011 — Hobbyist Photographer Describes Assault in Zuccotti Park
    201.Oakland, CA: 11/10/2011: Fatal Shooting Over Drugs
    202.Oakland: CA: 11/10/2011 — Protesters Attack News Crew Covering Fatal Shooting
    203.Pasadena, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Announce Plans to Disrupt Rose Bowl Parade
    204.Tampa, FL 11/10/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested
    205.Portland, OR: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Billed for Police Car Vandalism
    206.Olympia, WA: 11/11/2011 — Occupiers Asked to Pack Up After Assault, Drug Arrests
    207.Denver, CO: 11/11/2011 — Occupiers Storm BlogCon 11 … One Arrest
    208.Salt Lake City, UT: 11/12/2011 — Protest Shut Down After Body Discovered In Tent
    209.San Francisco: 11/8/2011 — Shoplifting, Fights On The Rise Around Encampment
    210.San Francisco: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Accused of Ferry Building Thefts, Filth
    211.San Francisco: 11/10/2011 — Protester Busted For Gun Violation Arrested Again
    212.Mobile, AL: 11/9/2011 — 18 Occupy Protesters Arrested
    213.New Orleans: 11/11/2011 — Death at Campsite Attributed To Alcohol Abuse
    214.San Francisco: 11/12/2011 — Occupier Slashes Police Officer With Razor, Another Injured
    215.Portland: 11/13/2011 — Three Arrested with Mortars, Fireworks
    216.Chapel Hill, NC: 11/13/2011 — Eight Occupiers for Trespassing
     
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    217.Norfolk, VA: Six Occupiers Arrested
    218.Philadelphia, PA: 11/13/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Rape
    219.Portland, OR: 10/27/2011 — Sexual Assault: ‘nobody should contact the police’ — Video
    220.NYC: 11/12/2011 — Occupiers Plan Mass Trespassing Campaign
    221.Oakland, CA: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Plan Mass Trespassing Campaign
    222.Salt Lake City, UT: 11/12/2011 — 19 Occupiers Arrested
    223.St. Louis, MO: 11/13/2011 — 27 Occupiers Arrested
    224.St. Louis, MO: 11/12/2011 — Occupier Arrested
    225.NYC: 11/13/2011 — Occupier Slugs Police Officer
    226.Oakland, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Withdraw Resolution to Remain Peaceful
    227.Portland, OR: 11/9/2011 — Occupier Requires Life-Saving CPR After Drug Overdose
    228.Portland, OR: 11/9/2011 — 4 Reports of Substance Abuse
    229.Olympia, WA: 11/12/2011: Growing Number of Drug, Violence Complaints
    230.Atlanta, GA: 11/10/2011 — TB Breaks Out at Occupy Home Base
    231.NYC: 11/13/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Costs Local Businesses $479,400
    232.Nationwide: 11/11/2011 — Occupy Death Toll Hits 7
    233.Seattle, WA: 11-14-2011 — Occupier Defecates on Public Sidewalk
    234.Hartford, CT: 10/16/2011 — Occupier Charged After Pulling Knife
    235.Dallas, TX: 11/14/2011 — 9-Month-Old Baby Removed From Camp Due to Health Concerns, Neglect
    236.Albuquerque, NM: 10/27/2011 — 2 Occupiers Arrested
    237.Albuquerque, NM: 10/26/2011 — More Than a Dozen Occupiers Arrested
    238.Albuquerque, NM: 10/22/2011 — Knife Attack at Occupy Camp
    239.Albuquerque, NM: 10/27/2011 — Police Forced to Remove Occupiers From Park Again, 37 Arrested
    240.Albuquerque, NM: 10/8/2011 — Occupier Arrested
    241.University of New Mexico: 11/8/2011 — Sordid Story of Lawlessness, Dozens of Arrests, Spitting on Walmart Customer
    242.Albuquerque, NM: 10/16/2011 — Occupier Cited for Blocking Traffic
    243.Portland, OR: 11/14/2011 — 51 Occupiers Arrested
    244.Portland, OR: 11/14/2011 — Occupiers Smash Bank Windows
    245.Albany, NY: 11/15/2011 — 20 Occupiers Arrested
    246.Near Salem, OR: 11/13/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested With Explosives
    247.Wash DC: 11/11/2011 — Occupy’ Mom ‘Won’t Stop’ Putting Protest Above Her Kids’ Safety
    248.NYC: 11/15/2011: — Hundreds of Occupiers Arrested, Chaos, Resisting Arrest, Object Thrown at Police
    249.Houston, TX: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Arrested
    250.Minnesota: 11/15/2011 — Occupy Minnesota Costs Taxpayers $10,000+ Each Day
    251.Austin, TX: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Accused of Masturbating in Front of 16 Year-old Girl
    252.San Francisco, CA: 11/15/2011 — Deadly Dog Disease Spreads at Occupy Camp
    253.Philadelphia, PA: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Assaulting Woman
    254.Philadelphia, PA: 11/15/2011 — Occupiers Vandalize Dilworth Plaza With Graffiti and Feces – Video
    255.Santa Cruz, CA: 11/15/2011 — Ringworm, Scabies Outbreak at Occupy Camp
    256.Oakland, CA: 11/14/2011 — Occupiers Cost Taxpayers $2.4 Million
    257.Wash DC: 11/16/2011 — Suspected White House Shooter Spent Time with OccupyDC.
    258.Pittsburgh, PA: 11/15/2011 — Five Occupiers Arrested for Disorderly Conduct, Blocking Traffic
    259.San Francisco, CA: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Storm Bank, 95 Arrested
    260.Chicago, IL: 11/16/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Child Porn
    261.NYC: 11/16/2011 — Dozens Of Hypodermic Needles Found In Zuccotti Park
    262.NYC: 11/16/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Making Terror Threats — Video … More.
    263.Dallas, TX: 11/17/2011 — 18 Occupiers Arrested
    264.Charlotte, NC: 11/14/2011 — Two Occupiers Arrested
    265.Charlotte, NC: 11/15/2011 — 8 Occupiers Arrested
    266.Ottawa, CN: 10/29/2011 — Feces, Urine, and Blood Covered Blanket Hung Over Tent
    267.Los Angeles, CA: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Charged With Masturbating In Front of Children
    268.Los Angeles, CA: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Attempting to Light Food Vendor On Fire
    269.NYC: 11/15/2011 — City Claims Occupy Wall Street Protesters Were Stockpiling Weapons
    270.Wash DC: 11/15/2011 — Occupiers Block Traffic, Three Injuries
    271.NYC: 11/16/2011 — 150 Trashmen Needed to Clean Occupy Park Filth
    272.Los Angeles: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Block Freeways, 26 Arrested
    273.NYC: 11/17/2011 – Mob of Occupiers Taunt, Bully Small School Children
    274.San Francisco, CA: 11/17/2011 — Lice, Fleas, Disease Spread in Camp
    275.NYC: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Create Citywide Mayhem, 275 Arrested
    276.West Jordan, UT: 11/17/2011 — Occupier Hurls Molotov Cocktail at Bank
    277.NYC: 11/17/2011 — Police Officer Slashed, Others Attacked
    278.NYC: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Throw Vinegar In Eyes of Police Officers
    279.Lincoln, NE: 11/5/2011 — 4 Occupiers Arrested at Bank Protest
    280.San Diego, CA: 1/17/2011 — Occupiers Hold Moment of Silence In ‘Solidarity’ With Accused Obama Would-Be Assassin — Video
    281.Melbourne, AU: 11/18/2011 — Children as Young as 12 Given Drugs, Alcohol
    282.Los Angeles, CA: 11/17/2011 — Dozens of Occupiers Arrested at Bank Protest
    283.Denver, CO: 11/16/2011 — Residents Complain Police Response Slowed Due to Occupiers
    284.Denver, CO: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Block Traffic
    285.Denver, CO: 11/18/2011 — Occupiers Charged With Inciting a Riot, Assaulting Police Officer
    286.Columbus, OH: 11/15/2011 — 7 Occupiers Arrested for Refusing to Leave Bank
    287.St. Louis, MO: 11/18/2011 — Woman Sexually Assaulted
    288.Portland, OR: 11/18/2011 — Occupier Punches Police Horse – Video
    289.Missoula, MT: 10/26/2011 — Occupier Charged With Getting 11-Year-Old Drunk
    290.Portland, OR: 11/17/2011 — Occupier Brags About Urinating In Public — Video
    291.Chicago, IL: 11/17/2011 — 58% Believe Violence Against Government Sometimes Necessary
    292.Portland, OR: 11/18/2011 — Ocupier Uses Infant as Human Shield — Video
    293.NYC: 11/18/2011 — Mob Calls For Revolutio,n Screams “F*ck cops! F*ck police!” — Video
    294.Portland, ME: 11/19/2011 — Two Occupiers Arrested for Brutal Assaults
    295.Orlando, FL: 11/14/2011 — Two Occupiers Fight, One Injured By Knife
    296.Pensacola, FL: 11/18/2011 — Occupier Charged With Burglary, Brought Furniture to Occupy Camp
    297.NYC: 11/19/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Blocking Traffic Also Wanted in Indiana
    298.Philadelphia, PA: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Arrested During Protest
    299.Seattle, WA: 11/17/2011 — Hundreds of Occupiers Snarl Traffic Around Medical Center
    300.Columbia, SC: 11/16/2011 — At Least 15 Occupiers Arrested
    301.Mobile, AL: 11/17/2011 — Occupier Arrested in Government Building
    302.Dallas, TX: 11/2011 — Media List of Occupy Arrests, Infractions
    303.Santa Cruz, CA: 11/19/2011 — County Officials Release List of 93 Acts of Lawlessness In and Around Occupy Camp
    304.Santa Cruz, CA: 11/19/2011: Occupiers Suspected of Dumping 200 Pounds of Human Feces Near Veterans Building
    305.Berkeley, CA: 11/18/2011 — Woman Assaulted for Refusing to Join Occupy
    306.Des Moines, IA: 11/20/2011 — Occupy Leader Arrested on Drug Charges
    307.NYC: 11/20/2011 — Occupier Arrested With Handgun, Ammo
    308.Eugene, OR: 11/19/2011 — Heroin Overdose at Occupy Camp
    309.Seattle, WA: 11/19/2011 — 70 Occupiers Trespass on Foreclosed Home
    310.Portland, ME: 11/19/2011 — Three Occupiers Charged, Including a Hammer Attack
    311.NYC: 11/18/2011 — ‘Runaway Mom’ Arrested for Disorderly Conduct
    312.Hartford, CT: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Blocking Traffic
    313.Austin, TX: 11/18/2011 — Five Occupiers Arrested for Trespassing
    314.Minneapolis, MN: 11/20/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Burglary, Blocking Police Car — Video
    315.Oakland, CA; 11/20/2011 — Occupiers Defy Legal Eviction, Return to Camp
    316.Wash DC: 11/19/2011 — 11 Occupiers Arrested for Trespassing
    317.San Francisco, CA: 11/18/2011 — Camp Declared Public Health Nuisance; Eviction Deadline Passes
    318.Oakland, CA: 11/19/2011 — Occupiers Plan to Shut Down all Ports on West Coast
    319.NYC: 11/19/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Forcibly Touching Woman
    320.NYC: 11/21/2011 — Occupiers Pledge to Stick It to Taxpayers
    321.Houston, TX: 11/22/2011 — 15 Rounds fired Into Occupy Camp, Gunmen Shot & Arrested
    322.London: 11/21/2011 — Occupiers Defecate in St. Paul’s Cathedral
    323.Oakland, CA: 11/21/2011 — Occupy Oakland Hosts Gay Porn Movie Shoot
    324.Oakland, CA: 11/22/2011 — Domestic Terror Group, Weather Underground, Joins #Occupy
    325.Columbia, SC: 11/21/2011 — Occupiers Defy Curfew
    326.NYC: 11/21/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested After Rowdy Demonstration Outside Mayor’s Home
    327.Phoenix, AZ:; 11/21/2011 — Eight Occupiers Arrested
    328.Albany, NY: 11/20/2011 — 48 Occupiers Arrested
    329.Pensacola, FL: 11/21/2011 — City Hall Vandalized After Occupy Protest
    330.Fort Meyers, FL: 11/20/2011 — Occupier Arrested On Bomb Threat Charges — Video
    331.Milwaukee, WI: 10/20/2011 — Occupier Arrested at Bank Protest — Video
    332.Nationwide: 11/23/2011 — Occupiers Cost Taxpayers $13 million, So Far
    333.Toronto, CN: 11/23/2011 — 8 Occupiers Arrested
     
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    If the TP had done this the backlash from the media and the liberal left would be a thousand times worse than what the OWS protesters are getting. The protests would have been broken up already and many would have been sent to jail. OWS endures due the massive liberal double standard, and that's the only thing keeping it afloat. Support is running out for them from all sides.
     
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    How many OWS supporters flew planes into federal buildings or planned ricin attacks.?

    Now imagine if OWS showed up with armed escorts like some of the Tea Party rallies. Would you right-wing statists like them then?

    Sustained civil disobedience inevitably leads to a clash with authorities. With numbers like the OWS movement is putting on the streets, things not related to the protest are going to happen. In the majority of the arrests, we're looking at charges like "obstructing justice" or "disturbing the peace" and a plethora of other charges that are typically used to quell dissent and ensure complacency and obedience to law enforcement and the statist status quo.

    I'd love to say that I'm shocked and surprised that right-wingers, who love to flaunt their "individualism", love of "freedom" and "anti-government" views which, in the end, are apparently only hollow sound-bites custom-made to appeal to people who love to talk but hate the walk.

    While there are factions participating in OWS...cough anarchists cough cough... who have a history of turning to property distruction, counting non-protest related criminal activities is simply intellectual dishonesty.
     
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    None, but one did shoot a rifle at the White House, it's pale in comparison to your examples, but yes it's still terrorism.

    No need to imagine. Who needs armed escorts when OWS has AR-15 toting neo-nazi's patrolling their encampments?

    http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/neo-nazis-patrol-occupy-phoenix-armed-assault-weapons

    Unfortunately it's been a little larger than inevitable clashes. I'd suggest reading the posts above for detail.

    I'm shocked and surprised that liberals still support this violent mob based movement after seeing the evidence of what they've done so far. They've accomplished nothing they've caused so many problems. Yet liberals support them like they're innocent little kids. I know....it's completely astounding.

    Many factions in fact but you only list anarchists? Try more, guess higher.
     
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    Any fella who quotes Karl Marx in advocacy and calls capitalism "greed" in his manifesto before he crashes his plane in to an IRS building is no Tea Party Activist. See here >>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,586627,00.html . But thanks for making my point that everything bad that happenes gets blamed on the tea party whether it's this or the shooting of mrs giffords. The media was so desperate that they just made stuff up like your doing now. However, when they don't need to make stuff up, OWS gave them plenty, they ignore it so as long as its a leftist movement. The great thing about it is that OWS is doing the very things that the tea party was falsely accused of, though you say they deserve a pass because its "civil disobediance". So you say violating the rights of others is ok so as long as your a leftist movement and do it in the name of "civil disobedience"? Fascinating. Individual liberty only goes so far and when it's excersized in a manner that violates the liberties of others then you are usually in violation of the law. That's the difference between the tea party and OWS. The tea party protested without violating the rights of others while OWS violates the rights of others to gain attention to their relatively small movement and claims its ok because it's "civil disobedience."
     
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    Awwwww. You done chased him off. Perhaps you should coach him further in to is own flawed argument the next time. You know, play with him like a cat plays with a mouse. Enjoy yourself. Of course, I'm just kidding. Good job!
     
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    Of course there is a double standard there are biased opinions to most everything however no one in this topic is acting any better. There are worthwhile people in both groups and i don't plan on wasting all my time deciding which group is objectively better. Drawing lines and pointless assumptions around people is stupid it's what people who are too chicken (*)(*)(*)(*) to deal with issues do to bide their time until someone else fixes their troubles for them. It's a stupid game of who's better because i say so, "look at all this proof i've acquired without any real world experience or effort i'm right and your wrong!" mentality that is (*)(*)(*)(*)ing stupid. It's what those (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)s in charge want us to do. Fight amongst ourselves over petty differences.
     
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    Amen brother. Keep on your conquest to change the world in an internet forum. For a fella making an argument on topical relativism you sure have a lot of profanity in the above post. In other words, you want to convey that your upset through the written word of profanity. Please let me be the one to tell you that we neither care that your upset and that debating the merits of a biased media (which is a means of holding them accountable) is a worthy topic of discussion. Furthermore, debating whether "civil disobedience" is a legit means to get heard is also relative and advocating for those who don't result to thuggery isn't bad either.
    Since the beginning of post colonial America there has been this debate. Negative liberty or positive liberty, Locke or rousseau, individual liberty or collective liberty, the individual vs the mob, the producers vs the moochers. To debate the two is not to devide but to recognize the two and only fundamental philosophies Inherent in all democratically elected republics. Philosophies made possible by absence of monarchy, oligarchy, or dictatorship. Your never going to unite the two through other than tyranical means and conveying your displeasure isn't going to help your argument. That's why division is good.
     
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    I am sorry, but anyone who will not recognize the insane media bias between reporting on the Tea Party and the OWS crowd is out of their (*)(*)(*)(*)ing minds. I mean, 200 plus incidents involving arrests, anywhere from drug use, disturbing the peace, the blocking major roadways, rape, assault and the list goes on and on and on.

    I remember the media begging for anything to report on the Tea Party - all the "Tea Party" is racists headlines and nonsense like that the OWS crowd could fill a thousand headlines yet they get a total pass.
     
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    Pathetic. Oh, right, it's just those "factions" that are the problem. Don't worry, the media will cover for OWS, especially since President Obama has sided with them. Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers, and now OWS.
     
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    Which is why you don't see too many liberals in this thread. Can't debate the obviously self evident.
     
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    Yes the thread is quite boring isn't it. Where are the liberals to support this massive failure of a movement?
     
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    Exactly,,and that's the point they are missing, this is about media Bias,,,not who is better than the other. It's slanted and very unhealthy for our country, they are supposed to be non partisan, and they are anything ...but!
     
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    I must say there is a clear double standerd here. But the media has never been about just the truth. It is about making money, ironic considering OWS motivations.
     
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    If Tea Partiers and OWS people had brains....they'd realize they're all against wall street bailouts, and work together
     
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    Well said flounder...very bad for our country
     
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    Tea Party: against redistribution of wealth and special treatment by the government in all senerios. Pro capitalist. Pro democratically elected constitutional republic.
    OWS: anti redistribution toward corporations, pro redistribution to themselves/others at the expense of another. Anti capitalist. Pro democratic mob rule.

    I don't think the party that idolizes John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison is going to get along with those who idolize Che Guvara, Jean-Jaques Rousseau, Lennin, and Karl Marx. It's the American Revolution (the Tea Party) vs. the French Revolution (OWS). George Washington vs. Maximillien Robespierre. Individual liberty vs. collective liberty. the Declaration of Independence vs. The Coming Inssurection.
     
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    They may agree on a couple of issues - but their solutions are directly opposite each other. The OWS crowd wants bigger government.

    I believe personally that bigger government will only result is more corruption, not less. Seems pretty obvious to me.
     
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    Never happen Goldy,,,there is a Lot more that separates them then just Wall Street,,,,,Oil and Vinegar my friend...
    The OWS people think personal responsibility is something others are supposed to take toward them. The Tea party people believe personal responsibility is working hard for what they have, and respecting others property.

    I am not saying the OWS people are bad people, just a different ideology that's all.
    Tea party people believe Charity begins at home, OWS believes it starts at Social Services....Tea party people offer charity, OWS people demand it!!!
     
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    Yes there is a double standard.

    Of course there is a reason for that. See the Tea Party has a march and then leaves. The OWS crowd has a march and then stays, having a sit in.

    The OWS crowd isn't just spouting off about change, they're staying around to try to ensure it, more dedication that the tea party.
     

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