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Originally posted by CharterZZ
Thing is it's not up to the OWS protesters, wheather there is violence or not, its the police provoking them and causing the violence themselfs.
Originally posted by Acetradamus
im still looking for a thread asking FOR Violence...
did it ever occur to you that this non-violence-thinking might be nothing more than programming ?
Originally posted by sir_slide
I am aware that revolutions happen through aggressive action and violent initiative. Although one must admit that within this current state of police warfare and economic desensitization this tactic will fall right into the hands of the individuals that wish to suppress our movement, they have been doing so via the media, have a look at ANY major news outlet and what you will find is under-reporting and bias rhetoric. IF we choose to retaliate with anger/hate/violence we will find ourselves quickly subdued by the military aspect of our current state of policing, this is inevitable given the very basis of our regimes and the tyrannical nature in which the powers that CURRENTLY be operate.
SO my advice is to turn off when you read hateful BS directed towards OUR movement, and don't pay attention when you read people inciting VIOLENT revolution, they may mean well although with that attitude we will find ourselves quickly undermined and subdued. Do your best, help your brother, and help yourself, oppose corruption in politics and enjoy what we have, because it can be as beautiful as we make it. PEACE
ETA: The people who discredit/mock/criticize the movement we have all been praying for either have no empathy for humanity or they have an invested interest, pretty blanket statement although I believe it is true, and by they way I HAVE A JOB, so none of that sponging/freeloading rubbishedit on 21-11-2011 by sir_slide because: (no reason given)
^^this. Maybe get the thread title edited so that it is for the attention of pigs who love to kick off against peaceful people.
Originally posted by CharterZZ
Thing is it's not up to the OWS protesters, wheather there is violence or not, its the police provoking them and causing the violence themselfs.
Originally posted by sir_slide
ETA: The people who discredit/mock/criticize the movement we have all been praying for either have no empathy for humanity or they have an invested interest, pretty blanket statement although I believe it is true, and by they way I HAVE A JOB, so none of that sponging/freeloading rubbish
But the thing is, this is swayed from both sides, from the media who always side with the police/goverment, and the protesters who will obviously always be on their own side, against getting beatings from the police. You've got to make your own mind up on what the actual truth is. But if you notice 1 thing, then notice this. Where there are police, there is violence, where there are massive crowds of people with no police (say at the tail end of a protest to give just 1 example) then there is no violence. There is 1 constant in the voilence. The police. They use antagonistic tactics to aggrovate people to deliberatly incite a violent reaction. And who can blame the angry chants and people throwing stuff, when they get treated like crap and hit with weapons. You can say "well do what the police say" but the police have no right to intervine if there is no problem, and there is no problem if the police don;t intervine. again, look for that constant. The police. I've been on protests, and I've seen first hand what happens. And it makes me angry to see peaceful people treated like this.
Originally posted by PrimalRed
Originally posted by sir_slide
ETA: The people who discredit/mock/criticize the movement we have all been praying for either have no empathy for humanity or they have an invested interest, pretty blanket statement although I believe it is true, and by they way I HAVE A JOB, so none of that sponging/freeloading rubbish
If you follow what OWS says there have been no violent protesters in the OWS movement. Every time there has been a violent protester they get labeled as "a small group that is not with OWS" that is until there is a photo of someone getting arrested or sprayed than OWS is quick to call them peaceful protesters. Ever notice when you see the pics of people getting arrested on the OWS sites that NONE of them have been part of this "small group" that participates in acts of violence?