OWS Protester Rant.."Blame the Jews."

[monmouth]

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/10/12/wall-street-protester-proclaims-the-jews-control-wall-st-in-zuccotti-park-rant/


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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — “Blame the Jews.”

That’s the message one Wall Street protester was trying to spread in Lower Manhattan to anyone that would listen.

A new video posted to YouTube shows the protester loudly and aggressively proclaiming “the Jews control Wall Street.”

In the nearly 6-minute video, the man is seen standing in Zuccotti Park ranting against Israel and Jews while holding a sign reading “Hitler’s Bankers – Wall St.”

The protestor, who would not give his name to those gathered around him, is also seen arguing with members of the public who took offense to his choice of words.

Rest of article and video at link

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. probably a GOP plant

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. There is also antisemitism in the left

[Ian David]

7. I've noticed some. n/t

[movonne]

32. I don't know if it is entirely that it is anti jews as it is anti Israel's policies...even

in Israel they are marching against the hard right...

[in_cog_ni_to]

43. Not some. A LOT. n/t

[pintobean]

17. +1

I see it too.

[Warren DeMontague]

67. There's also antisemitism in the completely bugfuck insane crowd.

Sounds to me like this dude is more an indicative member of group "B" than group "A".

[Hippo_Tron]

69. Not really, there's blind hatred of western power on the left

And that's where the left can come off as antisemitic. The people on the "left" who are actually antisemites are Lyndon LaRouche types who have far more in common with Ron Paul nutjobs than they do with the left.

[Behind the Aegis]

70. No, there is actually anti-Semitism on the left.

[yardwork]

5. Your sig photo is funny!

My favorite - "Didn't screw up a hurricane."

[teddy51]

19. They missed out what looks like beer in his hand.. lol n/t

[a la izquierda]

40. It's coffee...

a box of it.

[teddy51]

41. lol... Ok.. I couldn't make that box out. n/t

[TheWraith]

12. Not everybody who behaves badly is a "plant" or "provcateur."

Being a part of a given protest does not automatically make you a saint, correct about everything, or even sane.

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[Scuba]

21. Obvious plant. Will be all over Fox tonight.

[Renew Deal]

56. He's not a plant. He's a nut.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=2106269&mesg_id=2107494

[Overseas]

46. Exactly. Stinks of GOP PR hit squads.

[iamthebandfanman]

68. nope, probably just a nut.

you always get a few nuts when you gather huge amounts of people together.

[tularetom]

2. The agent provocateurs have arrived

Somebody put this asshole up to it I guarantee you.

[teddy51]

11. I think so too... Trying to disrupt big time. Lets hope that some in attendence

OWS will tone he/she down.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

20. is that "agent provocateurs" or "agents provocateur" ???

[JBoy]

22. As a French term, the plural would actually by "agents provocateurs".

[ChairmanAgnostic]

37. thanks yous fors thes answers.

[JBoy]

44. pas de problème.

[Enthusiast]

71. I agree completely............nt

[Behind the Aegis]

72. You may want to read post #54.

[yardwork]

3. One bigot does not define a movement.

My son is participating in OWS in another city. He described the General Assembly consensus-building model that they use. Nothing could be further from fascism or antisemitism.

There are conservative infiltrators at OWS - some have even confessed to being instigators of violence. And there are lots of individuals bringing their own points of view. That doesn't mean that their words or actions reflect those of the movement.

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[greytdemocrat]

18. That I would believe. nt

[Ohio Joe]

24. I would say more then probably

Certainly.

[KamaAina]

25. I'd say a LaRouchebag.

Superb turn of phrase, by the way. :rofl:

They got next to a Social Security rally in SF with a picture of Obama with a Hitler mustache. Need I say more? :eyes:

[firehorse]

8. oh c'mon... that LONE lunatic has been standing out there for days - nobody there takes him as a

rep for the group. For the most part he hangs out alone two blocks away enjoying his picture being taken.

I didn't mean to rec this.....that was an accident. Unfortunate some people want to give this lone wolf more power than reflects reality. It's like pulling a sentance out of context.

[Luminous Animal]

28. That's good info. I wonder where he was standing when the video was taken...

(I am having trouble playing videos on my computer.)

Early on, someone tried to convince me that the OWS protest was littered with LaRouchites. After quite a bit of investigation, I found out that 1) When the LaRouche chorus started up, the OWS folks shut them down and shooed them away and that; 2) the only video footage that the chorus had performing and completing their song was taped in Battery Park several blocks away.

[Cali_Democrat]

9. PLANTED AGENT PROVOCATEUR

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[Renew Deal]

55. No he's not

And he's not a OWS protester either.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=2106269&mesg_id=2107494

[unionworks]

10. one nutcase

in a crowd of thousands and the M$M jumps on it. I have been listening to gop liars on my local talk radio calling in and lying about being Jewish pushing this crap. The host called one of them on it by asking questions any Jewish person would know about the holidays, etc., the guy got tripped up and started SCREAMING at the host on the air. Was cut off and laughed at.

[Warpy]

13. Sounds like one of LaRouche's goons.

It seems like OWS is going to have to police itself and tell these goons to start their own movement elsewhere. That goes for right wingers who are trying to start violent action, too. While they're probably part of the 99%, their sympathies lie with the 1% and their tactics will be dictated by that 1%.

I was very impressed with the crowd's discipline at the Air & Space Museum. No one followed that right wing jerk inside the building and he alone collected a faceful of Mace for his trouble.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

58. That was my first thought, too!

Either that, or a GOP plant.

[TheBigotBasher]

14. Some Republicant attempting to discredit OWS

decides to be a racist bigot shit.

Here is another racist bigot shit being a racist bigot scum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEq5w2-6X14&feature=player_embedded

Fuck them with Ted Stevens series of tubes.

[Poll_Blind]

15. Notice how the media chooses to focus on ONE PERSON and smear the entire movement with that?

That's pretty typical.

PB

[bluestateguy]

23. Oppose Israel's policies all you want, but as soon as someone says "the Jews" this, "the Jews" that

Then the conversation is over.

Is he a plant? I don't know. But either way it must not be tolerated.

[Luminous Animal]

26. And where did I see those signs proclaiming Obama is a halfrican (with a bone in his nose

or eating watermelon?)

[Enrique]

27. could be planted, but could be real

no way would he be connected with OWS, but imagine how many antisemites live within slithering distance of NYC? This is something the protesters are going to have to deal with, they're probably already working on it.

[War Horse]

29. He's been popping up on the Interwebs a bit lately

In various videos. Seems to be a rather tragic figure. Claims to be homeless and half blind. I don't think he's an RW plant - but RWers are cynical enough to pay some homeless guy to do this, though.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

30. There have been other assholes at various sites

also involving photography/videography
http://www.pixiq.com/article/occupy-DC-Activists-Block-Adam-Kokesh-From-Recording

This should not define the movement, though some are clearly trying. However we also need to keep such crap to a minimum.

[Nye Bevan]

31. I'm on Team Plaid Shirt Guy...

[Mnpaul]

42. If you Google what he wants you to Google

Up pops Stormfront at the top of the list. I really doubt that a lefty would be directing traffic to Stormfront.

[EC]

33. Sounds like a right wing plant..

They are the ones that rant about "the Jews" on Wall Street and Hollywood constantly.

[RoccoR5955]

34. It's a public park, and NYC is a big place.

You do realize that with all the publicity, this place is bound to get a lot of loons out of the woodwork. I was there Saturday, and saw the religious fanatics, telling us the "the end is near," and the other nuts that were plugging other religious crap. Not to mention the general nut jobs that gravitate to crowds. There are all kinds in NYC, so don't think that one person who said something bad about Jews, to be the norm.

[Douglas Carpenter]

35. unfortunately there will always be some nuts that show up at any gathering

I doubt that this is a plant or agent provocateur. It's possible. But I doubt it. Whenever you have ANY kind of public meeting where people can start expressing themselves openly. Out of thousands and thousands of people, it is inevitable that some of them are going to be crazy.

[SomethingFishy]

39. +1.. the protests are now big enough that some

assholes are bound to show up. Shit Republicans and Democrats alike are right now sitting in back rooms somewhere deciding how they can co-opt all these votes. Everyone wants a piece of this but most of them for all the wrong reasons.

[FarLeftFist]

38. YEAH RIGHT, LIKE ANY LIBERAL OR OWS PROTESTOR WOULD HOLD A SIGN WITH HITLER ON IT. BULLSHIT!

[Youth Uprising]

45. OWS seems to have attracted the attention of a lot of Libertarian types for some

reason and a lot of those folks tend to be pretty antisemitic. They relish in antisemitic and red-baiting conspiracy theories.
Also, anti-Zionism =/= antisemitism, for fuck's sake.

[FrenchieCat]

47. Well......

There are many folks projecting their own ideas as to what this is about.

Good read on that here:
Projecting Wishes and Dreams onto the Occupy Wall Street Movement
http://extremeliberal.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/projecting-wishes-and-dreams-onto-the-occupy-wall-street-movement/

[csziggy]

48. I thought Prescott Bush's buddies were Hitler's bankers?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott_Bush#Union_Banking_Corporation

[Raksha]

51. That's exactly right - Prescott Bush and his buddies were Hitler's bankers.

DUer Octafish has written reams about it over the years in his "Know Your BFEE" series of posts. BFEE stands for "Bush Family Evil Empire." But thanks for the Wikipedia link--it never hurts to have more information.

This cheesy attempt at linkage makes absolutely no sense when you think about it. Why on earth would any Jewish banker finance Hitler?

[wordpix]

52. good point and true, Prescott himself was a Hitler banker

[Historic NY]

49. You know the other day I had a FReep complain about the anti-semtism......

interesting they were hung up on the sterotype....and the guy shitting on the 4 yr old junk box police car. Me thinks its O'keefes antics.

[EFerrari]

50. Why would anyone want to distribute this garbage?

If this defined OWS, it would be on signs all over the country. It's obviously not so this is just gratuitous.

[wordpix]

53. nutcase ----Hitler's bankers were Jews on Wall St? The guy needs a history lesson

[Renew Deal]

54. That guy is the real deal.

He is a regular anti-semite maniac in the city. I often see him on 6th ave. near Radio City. As soon as I saw the subject I had a feeling it was this guy. He has a sign that says "google wall street jews" and some other crazy anti-semitic bullshit.

One time I said to him "you know you're a racist right?" I think he said yes.

He is no agent-provocateur. He's a racist crazy person.

[Poll_Blind]

57. What he is NOT, is an OWS protester.

PB

[Renew Deal]

60. How do you know this?

I've seen the guy for years with signs like this in the Radio City area. He's not a genuine OWS protester.

[Poll_Blind]

62. "He's not a genuine OWS protester." I agree with that.

Perhaps I phrased my response clumsily. I agree with your assertion that he is not a genuine OWS protester.

PB

[Renew Deal]

63. I think I read it too fast.

:dunce:

[flamingdem]

64. Probably used to work for Lyndon Larouche nt

[Behind the Aegis]

66. Thank you.

[Odin2005]

59. DHS plant.

[Matariki]

61. Sent by Rush Limbaugh no doubt

Isn't that what he's been saying about OWS? He probably wanted a sound bite for his idiot show.

[Kalidurga]

65. For sure the guy is nuts...

but that doesn't mean someone didn't at the very least give him the idea to go and join the OWS protesters.

[MrSlayer]

73. There is a bit of that on the Occupy pages and groups on Facebook.

They get smacked or ignored.