Saturday, February 4, 2012

Occupy Movement vs. Tea Party Comparison

The media love to compare the occupy movement with the tea parties. This is from an email circulating on the Internet:
REPORTED
OCCUPY MOVEMENT
TEA PARTIES
ARRESTS
4149+
0
RAPES
12
0
DAMAGE
$10,000,000.00
$0
PUBLIC DEFECATION
307
0
ANTISEMITIC RANTS
12
0
COST TO TAXPAYERS ( by 11/9)
$19,327,487.00+
$0
PUBLIC MASTURBATION
3
0
MOLOTOV COCKTAILS THROWN
10
0
FIGHTS STARTED
222
0
CHILDREN EXPLOITED
YES
NO
POLICE CARS DAMAGED
44
0
PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS
4750
0
DRUG POSSESSION ARREST
726
0
CONCEALED WEAPON ARREST
329
0
DRUG OVERDOSE
174
0
THEFTS
1131
0
BURGLARIES
918
0
VANDALISM ARREST
2754
0
TRESPASSING ARREST
9921
0
NON FATAL SHOOTINGS
1
0
PUBLIC URINATION
7624
0
URINATION ON OTHERS
29
0
ISRAELI FLAGS BURNED
2
0
AMERICAN FLAGS BURNED
102
0
AMERICAN FLAGS DANCED ON
29
0
AMERICAN FLAG DESECRATION
25
0
FELONY ASSAULT ON AN EMT
1
0
HEAD/BODY LICE OUTBREAKS
4
0
TUBERCULOSIS OUTBREAKS
1
0
MURDER
4
0
SUICIDE
1
0
SHOTS FIRED AT WHITE HOUSE
1
0
SCABIES OUTBREAKS
1
0
OBAMA ENDORSED IT
YES
NO
PELOSI ENDORSED IT
YES
NO
CAIR ENDORSED IT
YES
NO
SOCIALIST PARTY ENDORSED
YES
NO
NAZI PARTY ENDORSED
YES
NO
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ENDORSED
YES
NO
COMMUNIST PARTY ENDORSED
YES
NO
BIDEN ENDORSED
YES
NO
HUGO CHAVEZ ENDORSED
YES
NO
BLACK PANTHERS ENDORSED
YES
NO
HEZBOLLAH ENDORSED
YES
NO
MARXIST UNION ENDORSED
YES
NO
9/11 TRUTHER ENDORSED
YES
NO
BOLSHEVIK ENDORSED
YES
NO
IRAN GOVERNMENT ENDORSED
YES
NO
AYATOLLAH ENDORSED
YES
NO
NORTH KOREA ENDORSED
YES
NO
FARRAKHAN ENDORSED
YES
NO
NATION OF ISLAM ENDORSED
YES
NO
The 'progressives' will say children were exploited by the tea parties. But of course, you have to use the same definition of exploit for both. If by "exploit" you mean letting children hold flags or signs, or even wear sandwich boards carrying some kind of political message, then guilty as charged. 

Other than that, I have no real quibble with what is presented here. As always, comments are welcome though. 

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