Time Magazine Names Occupy Wall Street Protesters As Their “Person Of The Year”

Rob Port • December 14, 2011

It would be people of the year though, I guess, and it’s not just the OWS crowd though they’re explicitly named on the cover.

Not named on the council? The tea party protesters. Because they’re the wrong sort of protesters, I guess.

I’d be interested in knowing what criteria Time used to reach this conclusion, at least in terms of elevating the occupiers to this honor. After all, what have the occupiers accomplished outside of lawlessness, vandalism, filthy living conditions at their camps and baiting cops into fights?

I know that the left and the media love the occupiers (to the point where the childish, violent behavior of the occupiers is ignored or whitewashed), but this is ridiculous.

Tags: Asshats, occupy wall street, time magazine

Jack Butler

Didn’t they also name Adolph Hitler “Man of the Year”?

Anonymous

Soros is financing them and him and his cronies own most of the media along with dang near all the Democratic party…Check this out…

Quote:
The broader meaning
Of course President Obama supports the OWS revolutionaries (including their affiliates nationwide). They are his shock troops. Investigative reporter Aaron Klein has traced the connection, noting for example that an adviser to the president — Leo Gerard — has called for “more militancy” in Occupy movements nationwide. Gerard serves on several groups funded by left-wing Obama-promoting moneybags George Soros.This line from the top of the government out to the streets follows the pattern advocated by the late Saul Alinsky, a community organizer whose modus operandi influenced Barack Obama.Alinsky advocated organized chaos to bring down the (free market) structure. The methodology, called “Cloward-Piven,” crafted by a couple of radical university professors, has been defined as the strategy of “top down, bottom up, inside out.”In fact, the aging survivor of that professorial duo, Frances Fox Piven, has blessed the Occupy movement, declaring herself “so enthusiastic about the possibilities” for advancing her anti-capitalist agenda by taking the message “to the streets” (effecting policy through free elections apparently being totally foreign to her Marxist mind).
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/vernon/111212

Serin

what are you talking about/ occupy is against dems and republicans and that includes obama. They are people of year because of the main stream media made them look bad that is owned by cooperations. YOu been fed lies..this should open your eyes .. not close them more shut .
Serin

Occupy is regular people from left and right. That want money out of politics and support no candidate at all cause dems and republican pretend to fight each other and cover the views of the people only to end up doing nothing but removing the power of the people and giving it to the highest bidder. If what you say is even true at all it is now a peoples movement where the people vote what goals would happen with a high percent decision rate. It needs 90% approval at occupy wall street. If you don’t believe they are against obama.. join us jan 17 to occupy congress.. We need to fight the national authorization bill as well since this bill makes it that any american can be arrested without trial or cause. .What ever bullshit you heard about occupy wall street.. stay focused.. They/we are against this bill. it’s unconstitutional and people that vote it in should be held with high treason for passing it. 93 out of 100 senators passed it. and more than half of congress and obama passed this. Do you want your kids to be in a police state? They want to divide us with lies in main stream media.. please.. seriously.. take notice..

Anonymous

I don’t know. Did they?
Any and all pertinent info on the subject would be appreciated.

Jack Butler

Because he got the German economy back on track?

Anonymous

Could be. I really do not know.
That is why I am asking.

Jack Butler

I wasn’t completely sure my self, but I think that was a large part of it. Of course he did it by arming Germany and taking the wealth from the Jews.
Anonymous

Is that all one has to do to put the economy back on track?

realitybasebob

Didn’t they also name Raygun, Newtie, Rudy, Ken Starr, Nixon and both bush’s “Man of the Year”?

Anonymous

Yes
Yes
Yes
Not by himself
Yes, he opened up communist China to you leftist. Did you forget that?
Yes, 3 times for GW, choke on it bitch.

Adolph Hitler was so named as well as Joseph Stalin… twice… once for helping win WWII, and again for killing 60 million people under his control.
Nikita Krushchev, for promising to bury us, but did not get a second mention (probably for not carrying out that promise)
And Barrack Husein Obamma mmm, mmm, mmm, for promising to bury us.

http://realitybasedbob.sayanythingblog.com/ realitybasedbob

Hey, it’s the Winged Dick Head avatar guy!
Hey Winged Dick Head avatar guy, unless in Nutterville, 2 = 3, you’ve got fuzzy math.

Anonymous

The two George Bush’s and GW twice adds up to 3 everywhere East of the Rocky Mountains.

You were put in your mothers basement before first grade?

http://realitybasedbob.sayanythingblog.com/ realitybasedbob

OOOOHHHHHHH Swing and a miss! Steeeeeeryckkkkkk twoooooo!

Winged Dick Head avatar guy, your original comment was

Yes, 3 times for GW, choke on it bitch.

That’s a singlular GW, not

two George Bush’s and GW

and and and OOOOOOHHHHHHH Steeeeeryyyyckkkk 3!

The 1 GW you’re referencing was GHW Time gave GW 2 and GHW 1.

Make my morning and link us to something you’ve gotten right.
Anonymous

2 it is then, choke on it bitch.

Is your mom off the rag yet and ready for this months rent?
http://realitybasedbob.sayanythingblog.com/ realitybasedbob

I accept your apology, Winged Dick Head avatar guy.
Have you been able to find anything you’ve gotten right yet?
http://realitybasedbob.sayanythingblog.com/ realitybasedbob

Ya know when I write: “Nutters crack me up”.
Here is failed but darling Teaster gal, you might remember her as the one who is not a witch, endorsing The Amazing Reversible Mittens:

‘I like him because he’s been consistent since he changed his mind’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynfiwB85CT4&feature=player_embedded
Anonymous

yes
Anonymous

So, who cares?

http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ Proof

Fuzzy math? You mean like “1993 was in the 19th century” kind of fuzzy math?

It’s okay, boob! You only missed it by about a hundred years!

Anonymous

I’d be interested in knowing what criteria Time used to reach this conclusion, at least in terms of elevating the occupiers to this honor.

Here is a little insight into their selection methods: They simply ask themselves which person or persons best help perpetuate the liberal-progressive meme they, as one of the collective group-think members, want to see brought before the reading public. And…..TA DA!

Dakotacyr

Liar! The criteria is ” who most affected events throughout the year, for better or for worse.” So the protestors in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, OWS. You might try thinking for yourself instead of just believing Rob’s lying headlines. A quick google search and you could have actually found this out for yourself since Rob won’t do one whit of research for the truth and the facts. He just likes to make things up.

Anonymous

If that truly is their criteria then why didn’t they choose Osama bin Laden after 9/11? Because they chose according to their PC group-think meme. Confirming that politics are more important than anything else in their decision.

Dakotacyr

I’m sure he was on the list, as many others are. You just hate it that OWS is included with the Egypt and Tunisia and your poor little tea party was left out. Boo hoo hoo.

Anonymous

You’re right the TEA Party didn’t make it even though they brought about one of the biggest landslide victory in House election history, which is even further proof that Time’s decision making process is about the liberal group think meme rather than any non-partisan criteria.
Anonymous

Not named on the council? The tea party protesters. Because they’re the wrong sort of protesters, I guess.

Soros doesn’t own them like he does the Democrats and this new communist reveloution..

Dakotacyr

So Let’s apply your thinking to the runner up for 2010…..that would be the Tea Party, Ta daa!

Epic fail!

Spartacus

Being named “Man of the Year” by Time is almost as prestigious as a Nobel Peace Prize.
SigFan

There was an article the other day about how the OWS folks have destroyed more than $400K of park property that was funded by Obama’s Porkulus spending binge. Irony at it’s finest and most maddening.
http://realitybasedbob.sayanythingblog.com/ realitybasedbob

Of course our host’s headline is another in a long line of misleading blurts, some would say lies.
This should be big nutter news for a few days.
Jamermorrow

I still don’t thin people understand the relevance of the OWS and the Tea Party. The conditions in this country are driving people to protest. When people don’t have jobs they have plenty of time to protest. As the standard of living continues to drop and inflation drives up prices we are going to see these people rioting. Normal people without though of politics will be rioting. We created a dependent class and the government can no longer afford to send the checks. Inflation is the only way to pay. This means higher prices are going to continue. OWS is just the start so kudos to Time for picking them.
http://realitybasedbob.sayanythingblog.com/ realitybasedbob

Yeah, Mr. 1970, that’s exactly what they do.
And people call you stupid….

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year

Cherz1967

Stupid? I followed your little link. It says Time chooses their “peson” based on their impact during the “year”. OWS took to the streets in September. So at best it’s been for four months, and they didn’t influence anything other than whether or not cops got overtime. Wall Street is still greedy. Obama is still a tax and spend liberal class warfare clown, and you’re still a raging jackass. Seems like they failed.

Dakotacyr

That does meed the qualification of “during the year”. The qualification wasn’t “all year.” And it wasn’t just the OWS movement. Why don’t you actually read the Time article. Sheesh, there are so many lemings on this site.

Cherz1967

I read the article, I also read the link that realitybasedbob posted in his comment. I was responding to the link, not the article.

So, leming, before you comment on what I’ve said, you should take it in the context that I said it. Why don’t you go to realitybasedbob’s link and read it then you can come back and comment on my comment on the link.

Regardless of your stupidity. Wall Street is still greedy. Obama is still a tax and spend liberal class warfare clown, and you and reality basedbob or now both raging jackasses. Which seemed to have been my major point.

Wouldn’t you agree?

Dakotacyr

Quite the opposite. I was responding to what you wrote and how the OWS was started in September according to you and you were claiming it didn’t meet the criteria. I pointed out your error. OWS occurred “during” the year.

Perhaps you should read for substance, leming. I’d be careful who I’m calling stupid if I were you. Thank god, I’m not.

Hannitized, Proofs obsession

Personally, I wasn’t sure you were capable of clicking and link and deciphering a message from the data, at least you were able to tackle one of the two.

Anonymous

So once again your communist litmus test? QWS went global and the Tea Party was only national…Think Nazi facism, communist totalitarianism, and jihad son…Go for broke with your bad global one world agenda self..

Hannitized, Proofs obsession

What’s your point? The Tea Party was a national organization, just as the Nazi Party was. The Allies who fought the Nazi’s were a global movement against their national ideals.
Anonymous

I suppose they forgot to tell you in school, but the Nazis had a global 1000 year riech agenda..The communists had a 1000 year communist global agenda, and Sharia has a 1000 year global dominace agenda….Funny thing about these “agendas”…Jesus has said ” He will reighn on earth with the global government upon His shoulders for 1000 years…Do ya think maybe Lucifer who the lefty Alinsky dedicated your leftist tactics of win at any cost “radicle agenda” to might want to “be like Jesus” and govern the globe for 1000 years?…Deeper than the water you surf, but think about the ruthless cutthroat global dominace agendas the leftist totalitarian one worlders and religous jihad follow and then try and guess where it comes from son…..
Hannitized, Proofs obsession

Good morning 7point, you didn’t answer my question, but you did manage to tie the Nazi Party with the conservatives of today who wish to globalize the world with their nationalistic ideas just as the Nazi’s had.

The OWS crowd was just like the Allies who were a global movement of people who opposed this big government and nationalistic ideals that favored only a certain few and cared not for the down trodden.

See, we can do this all day. Or, we can try our hand at honest and fair debate. What do you say?
Anonymous

(See, we can do this all day.)

Yeah your right. You can spin everything I write and claim it for your own point of view, just like Akinsky told all the leftist radicles to do..I won’t even waste any more effort on you..God Bless and have a good life kid..
Dakotacyr

Hey Clovis, the tea party was the runner up last year to Mark Zuckerberg. So quitcherbellyachin.
Anonymous

Byte me dip wad….
Dakotacyr

Boo hoo hoo!

Anonymous

Only people like you, i.e. no one of any importance.

Fighting Czech

Hitler, Stalin, Endangered Earth, Ted Turner, ”You”, ” the computer” are all included in the past, Times person of the year. all that is needed to qualify for this “award” is receiving lots of media time. Which OWS did get. Its not supposed to mean they were heroic, or virtuous, which they werent. But I would guess the article will imply it at every possible opportunity.

Dakotacyr

So, the protestors overthrowing dictators in Tunisia, Egypt, and trying in Syria and now working in Russia. Really????

Fighting Czech

I apologize, I should have been a little less general in my statement… I was speaking of our own group of malcontents…

Dakotacyr

Ah, so now you are comparing people fighting for democracy in Tunisia, Egypt and Russia as malcontents. Nice…

Fighting Czech

Try this again. When I said the malcontents are in our country, I meant here in the United States of America.
Egypt and Tunisia have a whole different set of problems.
They demanded democracy. and may very well have Sharia Law shoved down there throats. No. the people in the middle east have Real Big problems. Al we have here is spoiled brats demanding some to take care of them….
Dakotacyr

And they will continue to protest as will the 99%. Live with it!

Dakotacyr

not the tea party because they peaked in their protests in 2010, not 2011. And once again, you deliberately mischaracterize with your headline. Lies, as usual.
http://realitybasedbob.sayanythingblog.com/ realitybasedbob

Cher, they chose “The Protester” as Person of the Year.
OWS was only one group out of many protest groups included in their list.
Unring those panties and get back to the free market. You’re only embarrassing yourself here. At the very least, you should wait until the Great gop Head tells you what you think. think.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101745_2102132_2102373-1,00.html

Cherz1967

I like the comment about the great gop head telling me what to think and that I wear panties. It’s implies that I am a little girl while you are a grown up and that you think for yourself both of which are pantently false. Perfect.

Even your sarcasm is second rate.

Anonymous

Check this out:
Soros is financing them and him and his cronies own most of the media along with dang near all the Democratic party…Check this out…Quote:The broader meaningOf course President Obama supports the OWS revolutionaries (including their affiliates nationwide). They are his shock troops. Investigative reporter Aaron Klein has traced the connection, noting for example that an adviser to the president — Leo Gerard — has called for “more militancy” in Occupy movements nationwide. Gerard serves on several groups funded by left-wing Obama-promoting moneybags George Soros.This line from the top of the government out to the streets follows the pattern advocated by the late Saul Alinsky, a community organizer whose modus operandi influenced Barack Obama.Alinsky advocated organized chaos to bring down the (free market) structure. The methodology, called “Cloward-Piven,” crafted by a couple of radical university professors, has been defined as the strategy of “top down, bottom up, inside out.”In fact, the aging survivor of that professorial duo, Frances Fox Piven, has blessed the Occupy movement, declaring herself “so enthusiastic about the possibilities” for advancing her anti-capitalist agenda by taking the message “to the streets” (effecting policy through free elections apparently being totally foreign to her Marxist mind).http://www.renewamerica.com/co...

http://Sayanythingblog.com The Whistler

Barack Hussein Obama lost Egypt as an ally.

Dakotacyr

So no democracy for them as long as they are our ally. Nice.

Noel Alcoba

http://righthandedcartoons.blogspot.com/2011/12/time-magazines-gallery-of-rogues.html

The “Protester” takes his/her rightful place in a long line of a$$holes.

Anonymous

Dead on…Nazis, Stalinists, Jihadists and Anarchists..Alinskys crew of Lucifers most vilolent radicles…

Dakotacyr

Wow! You got that all in without even completing a sentence!

Anonymous

Again with the elitist arrogance of the indoctrinated leftist. Piss off fool..

Dakotacyr

Yowsa! Boo hoo hoo!

Game

Rob,
I know you are a big supporter of the Tea Party, but 2010 was their year. They have pretty much been a non-factor in 2011.

(before everybody goes crazy, I don’t really think the OWS has been all that effective this year)

JustRuss

I actually agree with you, this has not been the year of the Tea Party, that will be next year (or bust)

Hannitized, Proofs obsession

Gignrich is not the candidate of the Tea Party, nor is Romney, the Tea Party failed and if either of the two win in 2010 it will be the moderate, big government conservative who wins, not the Tea Party.

Sp

The tea party was protesting for the status quo. Boring.

Moreover, the original Tea Party was an anti-colonial uprising, not a pro-neo-colonial sit-in of overweight aging people who are protesting financial changes brought about, initially, by a president they supported.

Get bent Port. No one gives a shit about the Tea Party anymore.

Occupy will be back. Repeatedly.

Anonymous

Just like diarrhea in Mexico, twice as smelly, half as useful.

BTW… How’s the little woman?
JustRuss

Not the status quo, the status quo is RINO’s working hand in hand with DINO’s to push this country toward total socialism and one world government.

Hannitized, Proofs obsession

One of your fellow bloggers pointed out that Obama has voted to destroy one of governments most successful job creators; socialist regulations that ensured contracts went to minority owned businesses and not to the large corporations.

Q: Does this make Obama a free market loving anti-socialist and if so, what does that make the conservative who was complaining about this vote to abolish this regulation?
Hannitized, Proofs obsession

Waiting for your answer Russ.

Anonymous

(Occupy will be back. Repeatedly. )

Kinda like cock roaches and rats…

Anonymous

Time would also pick Tim Tebow as the MVP at this rate.

(I’m a Tebow fan but he shouldn’t be considered MVP)
Anonymous

Who reads Time and why?

Anonymous

Same game plan and players here and still theses leftist apoligists squeal their dribble…

The so-called leaderless Occupy movement has just been caught red-handed operating what appears to be a nerve center staffed by professional agitators deeply tied to groups funded by billionaire activist George Soros. The groups, most prominent among them being the Tides Center, have been involved with Occupy since the anti-Wall Street movement’s inception. The radical connections have been largely missed by the general public. CNN, the only news media outlet to receive exclusive access to Occupy’s alleged headquarters, did not fully identify the activists found running it. Last week, CNN ran a piece titled “Exclusive: Inside the offices of Occupy Wall Street.” Here’s the rundown on Obama’s ties to “communists, socialists and other anti-American extremists” – all in “The Manchurian President” – Autographed! The article and accompanying video purport to depict “a few dozen Occupy Wall Street organizers” who “show up to work every day at an office building in the heart of Manhattan’s Financial District.” CNN surmised “the office space appears to be the movement’s nerve center,” a notion denied by Occupy leaders interviewed by the news network. Continued the piece: “But the volunteers who plan future actions, network with other Occupy protests and deal with logistical issues insisted the location is not Occupy Wall Street’s headquarters.” The news network maintained it visited Occupy’s nerve center. CNN reported the Occupy office boasts a finance committee that manages expenses and donations; a communications group that disseminates information agreed upon by consensus and a housing group to make sleeping arrangements for protesters.Read more: Occupy’s ‘nerve center’ staffed by Soros activists http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=375565#ixzz1gYEWQ7qz

Fredlave

Time takes another step on their path to insignificance.
Pauleeleintz

I don’t believe that it was just because of the Occupy Wall Street protests, but the protests all around the world.
borborygmi

I love the way Rob panders to the Conservative wing nuts with a sensational headline and then puts the disclaimer out “It would be people of the year though, I guess, and it’s not just the OWS crowd though they’re explicitly named on the cover. ”

As far as the Tea Party goes it should have been on for 2010.

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