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In reply to the discussion: Why HAVE Democratic mayors been so hardline towards Occupy? [View all]fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)88. because they work for the 1% too
just maybe
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They say if voting actually changed anything, it would be made illegal.
Fire Walk With Me
Jul 2012
#42
Democratic leaders don't want that kind of thing going on during an election year. nt
Raine
Jul 2012
#7
Speaks for itself, really. There's no excuse any rational person can make for them. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Jul 2012
#9
No they're not. Anarchist were a vital part of the early labor movement and were deeply responsible
Puregonzo1188
Jul 2012
#55
Most of these "anarchists" are plants from various LE agencies. They've been exposed numerous times
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#49
Los Angeles' City Council agreed to pass a resolution opposing Citizens' United.
JDPriestly
Jul 2012
#11
Ken, sorry to break it to you but Dem mayors represent the interests of the 1%, not
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#13
I've certainly never met one single Democrat who was anti-Occupy - some centrist types I know are a
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#15
I certainly have not talked to any Democrats who feel that way and that includes
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#26
Absolutely everything I have seen and read, here and elsewhere, runs counter to everything you claim
Occulus
Jul 2012
#62
"Viciously anti-Occupy"???? Really??? That must be because the Democratic
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#17
And the 1% who wander or drive past homeless people with total indifference
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Jul 2012
#24
News flash: who (other than you) ever said it was about turning around the 1%? See
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#31
The Occupiers were the only ones speaking truth to power...other than Dennis.
Ken Burch
Jul 2012
#28
The only vicious anti-occupy people I've encountered are right here on DU, not in the real world.
myrna minx
Jul 2012
#38
Get out of the office more often, you've apparently become insulated. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#50
I think Mayors regardless of their politcal sympathies are in a peculiar political postion
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#18
A progressive ethical mayor doesn't loose the police armed with deadly weapons
EFerrari
Jul 2012
#20
The fact is, there has been very little violence in the vast majority of protests
EFerrari
Jul 2012
#23
I know that. But in politics perception is everything and has a lot to do with whether or not a
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#27
I'll assume that by "political action" you mean "supporting the Democratic Party".
Ken Burch
Jul 2012
#79
OK...I get it now...you're one of those "the law's the law and that's all that matters" types.
Ken Burch
Jul 2012
#71
Er... because the Democratic Mayors are part of the bourgeoisie.............
socialist_n_TN
Jul 2012
#39
If you start from the premise that this is the most perfect world possible, then order is EVERYTHING
Romulox
Jul 2012
#95
Because someone has to pay for all these protests? City budgets are bare bones these days.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2012
#54
Because people will blame the mayor if it appears that a city has descended into disorder
stevenleser
Jul 2012
#56
because if there are traffic snarls or slow downs or it's hard to get into parks...
WI_DEM
Jul 2012
#65
Because at the top of the party there are alot of dems who take corporate money.
craigmatic
Jul 2012
#96
Maybe it's because the horrible truth is that the one thing republicans have in
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
#98
I guess there's just not much difference between Dem mayors and Repub mayors. nt
valerief
Jul 2012
#101