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Originally posted by nihonjindesu08
I, being a part of Occupy, agree that Occupy has served its purpose, for now
Originally posted by seabag
Oh yeah??
How many self-proclaimed “occupiers” hold public office? Pelosi cries every day about how the Tea Party is messing things up in Washington! What impact has OWS made?
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by nenothtu
So people who didn't plan ahead do deserve to be screwed by poor government management?
They were standing up for your right to free speech and their own.
Come on. You guys just want to hate a group of people because you are jaded. You see a lot of young kids out there and the geezer comes out in you and you start ripping on them. They are taking a stand for what they believe in. They recognize a problem in the country and they are taking what action they can. All the people that are against them need to grow up. Don't support them, fine, but don't spend all your time railing against them and trying to convince others not to support them.
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by nenothtu
I think you missed the point of that posters post.
Originally posted by MemoryShock
he Tea Party is nothing more than an extension of the Republican Party and does nothing to address the issue of corporate manipulations...
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
A homeless guy in New York sh!ts on a police car and all of a sudden it's the fault of thousands of people from the Carolinas to California.
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by nenothtu
You took it as Occupy versus the people (you) when it was clearly meant as the people versus corrupt government.
Originally posted by TheMindWar
reply to post by StarPeace
The occupation did not fail IMO, it woke alot more people up these protests are nothing compared to what is comming. People are going to have a choice to make, stand and fight or ignore it and die. Simple.
It's so funny to me that you guys are horrified of Occupy. Why don't you just join up with the cops if you are so eager to "fight" your fellow Americans no matter how peaceful they have been. Nothing about their action have hinted towards any type of assimilate or die attitude. You know it too. Don't be so ridiculous.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
A homeless guy in New York sh!ts on a police car and all of a sudden it's the fault of thousands of people from the Carolinas to California.
OK so NY protesters are not part of the OWS movement now?
Meanwhile they are OWS protesters but that's right I forget. No OWS responsibility for their action because their actions and all their other activities do not represent the whole right?
RIGHT?
The molotov cocktail fire starter didn't represent them either, Nor the hundreds that occupied a foreign Consulate, nor the Lady who put her child on a Rail Road track over in Californian recently to stop a train at the Port Protest which was part of the OWS movement there. There is always, ALWAYS somebody in the crowd who says.
"They don't represent OWS"
This is one of the reasons why they haven't won over too many on the fence supporters. They will back peddle, deny, justify and straight out make excuses for those OWS members who act out of line. This is exactly the kind of MOB rule that happens with No Leadership, objectives and clearly stated agendas.
edit on 21-12-2011 by SLAYER69 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Kali74
Should we go back to calling all Tea Partiers racist then?
Originally posted by Kali74
You missed the point.
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by nenothtu
Why can't they direct it at both since both are the problem?
They absolutely are. Doesn't matter if you agree with their message or not. They have a right to it and you disagreeing with that means you would deprive yourself of the same right.
There is no trap. It's plain mental to spend so much time trying to convince people to be against something that you yourself obviously don't have a complete understanding of. I'm sure there are many other areas you aren't an expert in and you don't go around trying to teach people in them based on your opinion. Why do the same thing with this movement. All you have to go on our biased reports.