I don't think that has anything to do with the thread title. I think this just frustrated, desparate Democrats and liberals doing anything and everything they can to try to damage Republican chances and energize their base. I think we will see a lot worse before this is done.
I'm with longeyes on this one. If they were aiming to damage Republicans, they would be attacking candidates, Congress, etc., not putting forth their own "demands" and openly protesting against capitalism.
Any real statist knows that incrementalism is the only way to achieve his goals - these fools are actually brazen and stupid enough to put it right out there. This is *bad*... when thugs like that are confident enough to put on a show of force in the open, and when "the authorities" offer moral and legal support. Bad, bad, bad.
They're not Democrat operatives... they are thugs. They do not represent themselves well, they know this, and they do not care. They are the real-world analog of groups like Anonymous and the Wikileaks bastards - throwing their sheer number at society at large and saying "what you gonna do about it?" Democrats don't threaten to clog courthouses. Thugs do.
This is - like the "Arab Spring" - potentially much, much worse than the media is letting on. Remember how the protestors and rebels were so lauded by American liberals? They were going to bring democracy and liberty to the Middle East, right? Then the mobs took over, the individuals who actually had some promise disappeared into the background, and the region is certainly no better off, and most likely much worse. Optimism is not warranted. Best case is that they get bored and leave. Worst case is that it gets violent.
