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My favorite video commentator, Andrew Klavan, writes about the OWS'ers and one of the symbols they are using...
http://pajamasmedia.com/andrewklavan/2011/10/24/the-mask-of-fascism/
http://pajamasmedia.com/andrewklavan/2011/10/24/the-mask-of-fascism/
By wearing the films mask, the OWS protesters define themselves precisely. They are a group who misrepresent the world in order to promote what sounds like freedom but would, in truth, be slavery. That some people on Wall Street have behaved abominably is no excuse for their anti-liberty stance, any more than the crimes of the Gambino Mafia family would excuse the answering crimes of the Bonannos. A recent poll by [URL="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204479504576637082965745362.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop"]Douglas Schoen
[/URL]shows a large majority of the protesters to be leftists who advocate wealth redistribution, i.e., stealing other peoples money so it can be spent on what the robbers want rather than on what those who earned the money want. That this policy has resulted in murder, oppression, poverty, or slow cultural decay every single place it has been tried does nothing to stem the feeling of virtue these people experience as they illegally take over streets, propagate anti-semitism, and attack the wealth of a society that has given them everything they cherish most, from their right to free speech to their computers and iPhones to the corporation-created parks they abuse.