Trzaska is not a troll, and you shouldn't imply as much. All things are case by case, most of our population approves of fervent but peaceful demonstrators and does not hold much fondness for wall street, as opposed to say, reactions to Westboro BC protesting Military Funerals. Of course initially approval was high when people's knowledge was very casual, a poll on "Do you think the government wastes money?" would turn up stupid high numbers and mean exactly nothing too.



You find Perry's remarks offensive because he made them, and you strongly dislike him, got it.




Common sense explains things quite easily, things suck right now, and people think things suck even more than they do, thus they assume there is something wrong with the system. A reasonable conclusion, if you're car starts getting crappy mileage and stalling out, odds are good your car needs repairs, or you need a new car. If you are not a mechanic, you are pretty much limited to wild ass guesses, all the more so if your car is fully of lots of complex junk and circuit boards, many of which are ad hoc semi-compatible jury-rigged devices... which accurately sums of the US government, the Tea Party, the OWS, and 99% of the population... where the remaining 1% are mostly people with just sufficient electrical or mechanical skills to view the car and either shudder at the mess, be amazed it works at all, or recognize some fairly impressive designs... likely some combination of all of the above, which remains my own perspective on things. The Tea Party at least has a workable solution, if not necessarily an ideal or pragmatic one... leave the car in a ditch, go buy a new and simpler car.



Probably because you never listen to them except for nasty soundbites from those who dislike them. Most of those I know (and I know many) generally just want the federal government to do less, not cease to function, and are not in the habit of praising the various good things it does anymore than you are of praising Perry or Bush. Alternatively, I have actually complimented both Clinton and Obama, sincerely, as I don't go in for that black/white or ad hominem crap. Thus the glass/stone/pot/kettle remark, I don't happen to have an issue with either the Tea or OWS crowds, even how unorganized they, as I know an awful lot about mobilizing and organizing political stuff and how damn hard it is, I have many criticisms of both groups, more of OWS because I also want to criticize their local organization on top of their politics and naiveté, as the soldier in me wants to rip them up for keeping such a reckless and shoddy camp. No, my issue is with you, for basically accusing both groups of behavior you yourself regularly display. To me the majority of these OWSers are simply young adults doing what young adults always do, feeling pissed off, screwed, and abused and having a very unclear idea of who they should be blaming and how the matter should be rectified, some of them have simply picked wall street. They do deserve a touch of ridicule, and its could to get it, thickens the skin and makes people focus and apply reason to sharpen their message, but like the Tea parties, they do not deserve demonetization and you have demonized the Tea Parties here, many times.



This is all very rational, and I'd accept it as such if you'd not had so very many posts over the years that aren't middle of the road. I don't know if maybe you've had a recent epiphany or something, but it is hard to take such comments seriously coming from you when you so often favor giving certain groups powerful tools to beat off existing checks or the introduction to new checks where there is clear unbalance. I've never heard you praise a conservative politician or ideology unless they were doing something that knocked the right.



I confess to being curious what the "AI" stands for there, but take your time.