When the Tea Party first coalesced into something tangible and meaningful several years ago, the left decried it as “Astroturf” and a flash in the pan. When it became apparent that the Tea Party was a force to be reckoned with, they then warned that “these people are dangerous” and called them terrorists. The Tea Party has been painted as “racist”, “fringe element” and a “small fanatical minority”.  By the description of their peaceful and respectful rallies you’d think there were riots in the streets. Some misguided officials even went so far as to call out the National Guard to keep the peace. It would be laughable if it wasn’t so sad.

Now we have hippy throwbacks protesting Wall Street.

Protests Against Wall Street

They admittedly have no clear agenda or objective but they are gathering by the hundreds and camping out for the “duration”. They can’t articulate how long the “duration” will be because they won’t know when they’ve reached their goal.

The press is treating these people more like heroes than the rabble they have become. By many reports the crowds are comprised of college students and unemployed individuals. That makes sense because who would have the time to just “hang out” on Wall Street in a sleeping bag, eating free donated food and surfing the internet with free Wi-Fi if you had a real job?

We would be led to believe these folks are of the same stock as the founding fathers while the Tea Party members are Hitler clones. It’s perfectly acceptable to the mainstream media that these folks throw bricks through windows, burn cars and businesses and shut down bridges all in the name of something they can’t even articulate. I don’t know about you, but in my mind there’s a glaring double standard here.

Many of the protesters dressed as zombies.

Supposedly they were attempting to represent “corporate zombies” but I think it was the perfect irony underscoring their mindset and their nebulous cause.