The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #124828   Message #2759591
Posted By: CarolC
04-Nov-09 - 02:50 PM
Thread Name: BS: A Small Start But Significant, US Election
Subject: RE: BS: A Small Start But Significant, US Electi
Well, maybe I was thinking about how I would have regarded that choice of name had I applied it to myself. Had I discovered the other use of the term after choosing it for my anti-tax movement, I would have thumped my forehead with my palm and said, "that's a really stupid choice of a name. But perhaps I shouldn't project that on others. Maybe they see it as unfortunate rather than stupid. Whether or not it speaks well of them that they didn't know, I will leave to others to decide.

My criticism of them has to do with their ignorance of history, and their agenda of promoting the interests of and doing the dirty work for large and powerful corporations while portraying themselves as a grassroots populist movement that is concerned with the rights of the individual.