re: #29 Sergey Romanov

The problem with the wingnut criticisms of OWS as antisemitic is, first and foremost, lack of evidence. I actually half-expected there to be significant strains of antisemitism, considering who the organizers are, as well as the open nature of the protests.

But a few scattered signs and rants do not even qualify as strains. More as spots. To be strains this phenomenon needs to be systemic. To compare this to the Tea Party criticism or to call it “apologetics” is quite ridiculous - the statistics are simply not there. I mean, if it could be shown that even 1% of the signs are antisemitic, that would already constitute a huge problem. But there were maybe a dozen such incidents, among thousands of signs/speeches. In fact, from what I see, there was a lot more antisemitic activity (by white supremacists and some others) at the TPs, but I would be first to say that claims about TP’s antisemitism are bogus.

The Tea Party is xenophobic to the extreme, IMHO.