re: #6 lawhawk

As for the issue of anti-Semitism, there are currents of it there, and it is a concern but if the “leaders” can push them out, they will do the OWS a great service.

I don’t think that’s going to happen. Adbusters has a history of antisemitism and they initiated the protests. Nobody’s denouncing them. Individual protesters seem willing to confront antisemites and local leaders may push some people out because they’re aware that it makes them look bad but it’s going to continue to be problem. It’s in many ways ingrained in the movement. It’s just human nature that OWS opologists use the same techniques as the Tea Party did. They’ll blame right wing infiltrators, point out that there are many more non offensive signs, generally deflect and obfuscate rather than directly address the core problem. It’s just human nature.