"Unemployed, uneducated, and uninformed, " they say, according to the New York Times.
To which the conservative radio host moderating the panel added, mirthfully, “This is the first occupation many of these people have seen in years.” ...
... Conservatives and Tea Party activists have rushed to discredit the comparison and the nascent movement. They have portrayed the Occupy protesters as messy, indolent, drug-addled and anti-Semitic, circulated a photo of one of them defecating on a police car, and generally intimated that Democrats who embrace them are on a headlong road to Chicago 1968.
It is a culture war, young versus old, left versus right, communal food tables versus “Don’t Tread on Me” flags.
Remember the tea party crowds. Definitely mature and focused on important issues, wouldn't you say?
Doug Mills, NYT
