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Joy Behar Show: Bette Midler Offers Protesters Port-a-Potties (VIDEO)

By April MacIntyre Oct 26, 2011, 0:23 GMT

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Tune in tonight, as once upon a time, Bette Midler asked the world, “Did you ever know that you’re my hero?”

And today, she proves that she IS a hero. Bette Midler sat down with HLN's Joy Behar to talk politics, namely Occupy Wall Street. 

Bette offered to buy port-a-potties for the Occupy Wall Street protestors, and stood up as part of the 1%.  Here’s what she had to say:

Joy: We are of a certain age – shall we say.

Bette: I’m much younger than you!

Joy: So we remember the 60’s protests…

Bette: YES. And we did it all the time.  And it was just something you did.  And you did it because you were a citizen, had something to say and wanted to support your point of view.

On calling the #OWS protesters dirty hippies, Bette had this to say: “It’s like they took a page from 1969. It’s, like, so old-school that thy would say such a thing. I mean, close to 50 years have passed. Get a new line other than dirty hippie...

She went on to say that she’s proud of the protestors: “You may or may not agree with their politics, but the point is they have organized themselves and they are saying things that have to be said.”
 

What do you think?  Do you agree with the Joy and Bette?  Or do you think the #OWS crew are just a bunch of dirty hippies?  Either way, just like the protests themselves, it’s great to get the conversation going!

And don’t forget to tune into The Joy Behar Show weeknights at 10 PM on HLN!

Because “it’s the heart afraid of breaking,”