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Thomas Sowell slams OWS

Thomas Sowell slams OWS

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In various cities across the country, mobs of mostly young, mostly incoherent, often noisy and sometimes violent demonstrators are making themselves a major nuisance.

Meanwhile, many in the media are practically gushing over these "protesters," and giving them the free publicity they crave for themselves and their cause -- whatever that is, beyond venting their emotions on television.

Members of the mobs apparently believe that other people, who are working while they are out trashing the streets, should be forced to subsidize their college education -- and apparently the President of the United States thinks so too.

But if these loud mouths' inability to put together a coherent line of thought is any indication of their education, the taxpayers should demand their money back for having that money wasted on them for years in the public schools.

Sloppy words and sloppy thinking often go together, both in the mobs and in the media that are covering them. It is common, for example, to hear in the media how some "protesters" were arrested. But anyone who reads this column regularly knows that I protest against all sorts of things -- and don't get arrested.

The difference is that I don't block traffic, join mobs sleeping overnight in parks or urinate in the street. If the media cannot distinguish between protesting and disturbing the peace, then their education may also have wasted a lot of taxpayers' money.


and then he starts getting warmed up...


http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/11/01/democracy_versus_mob_rule_111895.html

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Members of the mobs apparently believe that other people, who are working while they are out trashing the streets, should be forced to subsidize their college education [...]


Such an unorthodox position!

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I'm sure the OWS protestors will take Sowell's opinion to heart. He's their hero you know!

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