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Similarities or differences - OWS & Tea Party - 11/16/2011 6:42:38 AM

Fightdirecto

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For those who may say that the Occupy Movement and the Tea Pary Movement have many similarities, an interesting graphic from the website, Dangerous Minds:

Occupy Wall Street vs The Tea Party

Occupy Movement - Younger (32 years old or younger), more highly educated (92% have college degrees), more likely to be registered Independant or unaffiliated (70%), employed (70%)

Tea Party Movement - Less likely to be employed (56%) (but more likely to be retired), older (45 years old or older), less highly educated, most likely a registered Republican (54%), wealthier

Largest number of protestors - Occupy Movement (International): 1.4 million in 950 cities in 82 countries

Largest number of protestors - Tea Party Movement: 311,460 in 346 cities

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RE: Similarities or differences - OWS & Tea Party - 11/16/2011 12:07:59 PM

MedicineMan

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Here's the fundamental difference:
OWS: "Build a New Brave World for us!"
TP: "Leave us alone!"

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RE: Similarities or differences - OWS & Tea Party - 11/16/2011 12:15:47 PM

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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports:

An elderly woman, a pregnant woman and a priest were among those who were pepper-sprayed during a protest in support of the Occupy movement on Tuesday.
The demonstrators taking part in the Occupy Seattle movement marched from their current camp at Seattle Central Community College to Westlake Park late Tuesday afternoon.
While en route, they came across police officers at several points. At the intersection of Fifth and Pine, the crowd was met by a line of several dozen police officers on bicycles who blocked the way.

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