They came up with the "get a job, dirty stinky hippies" tagline to purposely demonize the movement and limit its perceived appeal. Who wants to go join scary people, no matter how correct they may be?
And from where would such trash talk originate? From our own government!
Peter King: Occupy Wall Street Protesters Are 'Losers'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/16/peter-king-occupy-wall-street-protesters-losers_n_1098425.html
"First of all, you try to listen to them and they make almost no sense," King said. "These are people who were living in dirt, these were people who were involved with drugs, there was violence, there was rape. You're talking about a small number of people -- you could probably get more people in a Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday than you've got in Zuccotti Park."
Congressman Peter King Calls Occupy Protesters "Angry Losers! Living In Their Own Filth"
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