Why Flag-Burning Bodes Ill for OWS

[Nuclear Unicorn]

104. It just gets weirder

1. I never claimed OWS was a stunt. Flag burning is a stunt.

2. OWS seems to be acting like a clique. The "if you aren't pro-OWS you're automatically a conservative!" non-rebuttals are case in point. That's why I expressed it in terms of middle school mean girls looking down their noses at others while competing amongst themselves for each other's approval.

3. You seem confused. There were no infiltrators. The infiltrator claim is put forward by people who back-handedly admit OWS is engaging in stupid stunts that do more harm than good. Yet, an explicit statement that these stupid stunts are hurting OWS -- and progressives in general -- are then shouted down as anti-OWS. Make up your mind. Either these stunts are bad or they aren't.

4. Denials, dismissals and self-contradicting silliness to escape dealing with the issue that stupid stunts are seen as stupid stunts. This will only further damage whatever little reputation OWS might hope to salvage. Remember how moronic Herman Cain looked trying to call all those women liars and subversive plants rather than dealing with real facts? Don't be that guy.