Yes I take the movement seriously. It was just a scant three years ago that the Tea Party was dismissed by many in the convervative radio ranks and the media. Now we are here to stay.
What’s scary about this movement is the media backing. Most people don’t pay attention to the details. All they see are lots of people and they hear the sad stories. those tug on the heart. It could make a difference in November 2012. How many of us know someone who has lost a job? Or have lost a job.
I don’t like this group at all. I think we would be foolish to dismiss them. If I recall history a party called the Nazis started this way.
Which reminds me of the riots and protests of the sixties and seventies. Virtually no one supported them -- except the [liberal] media and, by extension, academia and the Democrat party. The protestors ended up exerting a huge influence on American policy because of that support.
The same danger exists today, to be sure, but we have a voice now. We didn't then. I'm not convinced the Occupiers are anything that will survive the first snows.