MAKE NO MISTAKE-Without OWS-We Would've Heard A VERY Different State Of The Union Speech Last Night!

[socialist_n_TN]

81. Well I work it out this way..........

There are people who are Leftists in a meta and/or historical sense and there are people who are leftist in a relativistic sense. If everybody is a Nazi (or espouses Nazi sentiments) then someone who's to the left of the Nazis would be a "leftist" relativistically. Even though in a historical sense they could actually be RW.

The "relative" leftist doesn't like the Occupy movement BECAUSE of it's anti-neoliberal agenda. That's because they ARE neoliberal economically. The "liberal" part is just for social issues, which although important, don't effect most people's lives in exactly the way the economic issues do.

For a Leftist in the historical mold, Occupy is a Godsend and they're going to support it even if they don't agree with everything or, like me, even if they think it doesn't go far enough. For the relative leftist, Occupy is threatening to their worldview and they're going to oppose it.

If you look at it through this lens, you see the reason behind the support and opposition. And almost EVERY post by the relative leftist, shows the support of the neoliberal agenda in varying degrees. It's no wonder they don't like the Occupy movement.