I notice a curios division here

[Summer Hathaway]

27. The call to lock-stepping ...

"There is a huge difference in those that are "dismissive" of OWS and those that go way out of their way to disparage OWS at every opportunity. And yes I was generalizing when I said that liberals support OWS and Conservadems do not."

It is such generalizing that is the problem. It is akin to saying "all Italians are gangsters, all Jews are cheap, all blacks are lazy."

And you you persist in wielding that same broad brush by saying, I cant get any conservadems to tell me so I have to come to my own conclusions.", again implying that it is only 'consveradems' who are not OWS adherents.

Why would Democrats 'disparage' OWS? First of all, your idea of 'disparage' seems to be anyone who is not on-board with everything OWS says or does. I, for one, am not on-board - that doesn't mean I am 'disparaging' anything. It means I do not see OWS as being the 'means' to what many of us want to see as 'the end'.

That makes me neither a 'conservadem' nor any other label you wish to affix. It simply means exactly what I've said - that I do not see OWS as the viable way by which to effect positive change.

And exactly who ARE the 'conservadems' on this board? It would seem that anyone who disagrees with your take on things falls into that category.

As to whether OWS is causing harm - again you take the position of "If you're not with us, you're against us." In other words, anyone who is not on-board with this movement is to be taken as believing that OWS is "causing harm". You don't allow for the all-too-obvious middle ground, which is that many of those who are not OWS participants may think that the movement is irrelevant and ineffective, rather than 'causing harm'.

I have seen no examples of Democrats on this board "going to great lengths to disparage OWS". How have they done that? By disagreeing with Occupy's tactics? By pointing out that camping in public places is not the most effective way to promote positive change? By refusing to acknowledge that "all cops are pigs"?

As for advocating marching in lock-step, the many posts on DU demonstrate that concept to a fair-thee-well. "Believe as we believe, do as we do, support what we support" - or be relegated to the corner as a 'conservadem', a water-carrier for the 1%, someone who is "afraid" of the status quo being changed in any respect.

There is no room for dissenting viewpoints, according to many OWS adherents here.