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Originally posted by -W1LL
reply to post by ThirdEyeofHorus
there is no proof of that just as there is no proof these black hooded rock and piss throwing OWS protesters werent paid to make the movement look bad.
Originally posted by -W1LL
fail no i dont think so the only fail is the one I am trying to point out and that is the failure of our GOV. to do their job... we as the 99% need to stand up and bring a stop to this madness...
this is after all America land of the free home of the brave!
Originally posted by SLAYER69
reply to post by Wolfenz
Great....
So now some OWS supporters not only try to peg themselves to the 60s Generation fight to end the Vietnam war level, Now somebody wants to also attach them to WW-I era Vets [who actually sacrificed and contributed to rebuilding this country after the Great Depression] as well.
This desperate attempt to add OWS some historical legitimacy and the flagrant audacity to portray it on those levels is Pathetic.
edit on 21-11-2011 by SLAYER69 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by macman
reply to post by nenothtu
Ok, then. I stand corrected with that.
The response was justified, not very settling, but that is what happens when you play with fire.
Originally posted by Evolutionsend
Originally posted by SLAYER69
You state Montana as your location? Are you even American? If so, are you that disassociated with the US that you feel apart from the rest of us? If so, wouldn't that constitute a certain level of bias?
If not, Couldn't this thread and your stance be considered the postings of an outside agitator just stirring the pot?
Everyone has an equal right and even an obligation to the country to speak their word.
Trying to brand someone as a so called outsider hurts the flow of politics and sociology. Trying to declare someone an outsider, while using your status or reputation to do so, is a lot of why this country is on the verge of being a failure.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
reply to post by Wolfenz
Great....
So now some OWS supporters not only try to peg themselves to the 60s Generation fight to end the Vietnam war level, Now somebody wants to also attach them to WW-I era Vets [who actually sacrificed and contributed to rebuilding this country after the Great Depression] as well.
This desperate attempt to add OWS some historical legitimacy and the flagrant audacity to portray it on those levels is Pathetic.
edit on 21-11-2011 by SLAYER69 because: (no reason given)
6. The SDS had a system of "regional travelers" who moved from place to place, tying together the many strands of militant activism. One of those who visited the Kent SDS was Mark Rudd, who had led the violent shutdown of Columbia University.
By 1968 SDS became a significant force at Kent State. The Chicago and Cleveland offices sent organizers, and speakers were invited to keep the militants apprised of events in the French student strike. When Senator Hubert Humphrey spoke on campus, he was met with an organized walk-out.
8. National SDS conducted a "Spring Offensive" in April 1969. As part of this, SDS leaders at Kent State presented a set of demands to the University Trustees to abolish the Reserve Army Training Corps (ROTC) and to close down all war-related research. This led to a confrontation with the Trustees who were meeting in the Music and Speech Building; 58 arrests were made. SDS's campus charter was revoked.
9. The Weatherman faction of SDS established five communes in Ohio. One militant later described these to James Michener's interviewers as being "to teach severe discipline...The object was to produce revolutionaries programmed to obey orders...You surrendered all personal money, idiosyncracies and will power, assured that you would come out of the experience with total dedication."
In the early morning of May 1, spray-painted slogans appeared all over town. An organization called WHORE ("World Historians Opposed to Racism and Exploitation") sponsored a rally on the Kent State commons at noon, attended by approximately 500, "to bury the Constitution." At that rally, a radical professor who called himself a "libertarian communist" called for "street action downtown tonight."
Originally posted by -W1LL
reply to post by nenothtu
you keep saying the same thing like its gospel in fact you are wrong... at least put IMO at the end of your repetative rants about no goals and functionality of a movement you clearly have no clue about.
Originally posted by nenothtu
Originally posted by -W1LL
reply to post by nenothtu
you keep saying the same thing like its gospel in fact you are wrong... at least put IMO at the end of your repetative rants about no goals and functionality of a movement you clearly have no clue about.
OK, how about an example of where I'm "wrong"?
Show me the functionality within this dysfunctional "movement".
Show me the focused goal, and the way in which they are directing this focus to bear on a solution.
Give me a clue, then.
Originally posted by DrNotforhire
I dont know... I feel that the protests back in the day had something of a purpose.. Anti Vietnam war, sure I don't agree with it.. but it was a point... they were rude the returning soldiers to the point where the US Gov. Said don't wear your uniforms back home; makes you a target.
Whatever I'm surprised some of you are shocked... you were all wanting violence and now its here... Not so fun is it?
Originally posted by RSF77
In my eye, anyone who focuses on propaganda (i.e dirty, smelly feces throwing protestors bent on bringing communism to the USA) instead of the message that these people are trying to send is a fool, at least temporarily. The protest is the message, not the protestors themselves.
People just scoff and downtrodden everyone all the time now... scoff scoff scoff everyday.
Originally posted by -W1LL
I did in two different post just use WIKI use OWS as a your search term. it been posted im not going to argue it anymore.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
But they are conveying both...
This is the problem, with no leadership and a clear agenda. Anything goes including the actions you described and outlined by "some" just like there are plenty of OWS supporters advocating violence. So which message should we be listening to?
Originally posted by SLAYER69
You can't have both while denying one or the other at the same time.
Elements within OWS can potentially become dangerous while still preaching non-violence, this is the same hypocrisy that has fed to us Americans by our politicians, I don't see a difference from the norm.
The people who represent OWS now are not accustomed to protesting and they are unsure as to completely what they are doing,
Originally posted by RSF77
That's what I have been trying to say on here, the only people willing to take to the streets are radical and unfortunate individuals. If people who had some sense joined the movement the potential to accomplish increases exponentially, the movement would become more than just people defecating on sidewalks and not about some radical or harmful ideology.
Though thanks to our glorious media, we will hear about this kind of stuff until the cows come home.
People fear what OWS could become without realizing the power of focusing it, instead people are submitting to a negative that has been partially manufactured. There are always wrongs everywhere you look, with democracy as a method all the wrongs will be uncovered and some may even turn into "rights".
We are strong and the country will survive, but that does not excuse injustice and treason. This movement is begging to be hijacked,
The country cannot continue down its current path, sooner or later everyone who has been stepped on will erupt. Crime will shoot through the roof even farther than it is now and those who live comfortably with no concerns will be subject to group criminal activity, riots, mobs, rape etc.