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In line 19, the author refers to the Occupy Wall Street protesters as "losers." Does the author really think that the Occupy Wall Street protesters are "losers." Cite text evidence to support your answer.

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No, the author does not really think that the Occupy Wall Street protesters are 'losers.'

Step-by-step explanation:

'Who Speaks For The 1%?' is an article written by Joel Stein. The article is a satire and author takes a satirical stab at speaking for 1%.

In line 19, when the author refers to the Occupy Wall Street protesters aas 'losers', he did not literally mean to call them losers. The article is a satirical dig at 1%, whom the author considers, in some way, responsible for economic crisis in the country.

The next line furthers the satire when the author states that the 1%-ers are not able to take stand for themselves.

'...the 1% are available for some serious networking. But when I started talking to them, I learned that for all their supposed power, they are now too afraid to stand up for themselves.'

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