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In reply to the discussion: Liberals, please answer me this question [View all]fasttense
(17,301 posts)I doubt seriously that the number of Teabaggers was ever higher than the number of Occupy protesters.
Think about what you saw during the teabagger heydays. Mostly a handful of people annoying federal representatives with stupid questions at town hall meetings. I barely saw a group of them larger than 50 at a town hall meeting and that was the biggest ones. Normally there were fewer than 10. Then they started forming minor racist rallies, many of them including their favorite toy - the gun. Today, you can hardly get 50 baggers to show up to watch the Koch brothers wash their car.
Then there are the inflated rolls the teabaggers claim to have as members. Those lists are useless. If you ever once put your name on anything tea-baggy-like you are considered a member.
So, I seriously doubt the Teabaggers were ever larger than the occupy protests.
And oh by the way the teabaggers did get arrested. Maybe not for protesting, usually for things like assault, rape and fraud.