That would be a shame- this sounds constructive.

Thank god, maybe there's hope.

Seriously "Occupier," do you think you represent the 99%?

You're the same Adornoist fringe that's been a deadweight on the Left since the late 60's. You're a cancer, and the way you people mismanaged the "Occupy" movement has made this obvious.

Fuck your "revolution," moron. We're taking our country back and you irrational freaks should make our job easier and go die in a fire.

Is that little retard Jefferson Davis Smith going to be there or is he going to chicken out or tone it down because of the election?

Gee, is 'activist' a full-time profession now?

Is there anywhere convenient to park nearby (besides street parking)? Or should I just catch a ride with Andy from B-town?

@Occupier— You don't own the Occupy movement any more than we do. Unless Steve Jobs himself shows up, everyone who attends this discussion will be part of the 99%. It aims to be an inclusive conversation, so instead of shouting at us, come talk with us! And save your anger for a real enemy who's worth the fight.

(That goes for everyone else, too! Come out and participate! See you there.)

@Super Chundy— there's a Smart Park one block away on 9th and Stark. Glad you're coming!

Save 1% of the pie for me.

@12: It's gonna be really embarrassing if you have an apoplectic stroke over a pie party.

This is what's going to happen:

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/their-o…

Man, I can only hope the overwhelming majority of 'occupy' isn't a complete idiotic dickhead like 'occupier' here has shown himself to be.
It seems to me everyone is invited moron.

@ GLV, Yech, I hope you're not right, but that really does seem kinda likely.

Also, does anyone else get several closeups of boobs on their SLOG sidebars? It's distracting and awesome.

Did anybody even bother to read this line?

"Panelists from Occupy, local advocacy groups, city government, media, and Senator Merkley's office..."

So, yes, in a discussion about Occupy, two of the facilitators—shocking!—will be from Occupy. So instead of throwing a pie at someone, how about you hand it to me so I can eat it. Because pie is a terrible thing to waste.

Maybe said 'occupier' has a hard time with reading comprehension. He doesn't sound too bright anyway.
This isn't a great sign of this movement.
Then again Denis, since you work for the Merc, you are obviously an enemy to the poor and working class.
The Merc *IS* the 1% !
Maybe he wants to protest at the Merc door next?

I’ll lick pie off of Denis’ face. Just sayin.

Denis, looking at your avatar, don't you find out tomorrow how much jail time you doing for being convicted of 18 counts of corruption related to the attempt to curry President Obama’s former US Senate seat for favors?

In which case you should throw pie on your own face, obviously.
But you know I hear Denis passes info on 'occupy' directly to Chief Reese for a tidy little sum every time.
Deepthroat kinda stuff.

Who's co-opting who, Occupier?

Obviously the corrupt Democrats and Unions will try to co-opt the Occupy movement, but you and "people like you" have already been co-opting it, too.

Let me tell you why you and "people like you" have been on your precious front lines: you never had any pretension of creating a broad-based movement. You never cared about creating an effective movement. Instead you and the rest of the "activist" fringe focused on just sitting there, occasionally having a march in support of something almost totally unrelated to inequality, like foreign policy or the keystone pipeline or some other bullshit.

You made the entire movement about illegally camping in a city park in the middle of winter. You made the focus on ridiculous and endless "process" rather than having an impact, for stupid ideological reasons. This is the Occupy movement systematically driving away the people they claim to represent. This is the Occupy movement getting hijacked by the activist fringe.

Here's a news flash. The only reason you warts are getting the spotlight now is because the middle-class liberal douchebag sellouts snitch opportunist whatevers you despise are finally waking up to the need to end the corporate oligarchy. If it weren't for these people you loathe so much, you'd be sitting in the corner diddling yourself with your fucking Marcuse and Foucault and Chomsky imagining a nonsense rejectionist Utopia which only stoops to concrete suggestions in order to be wrong, staging the same poorly-attended and totally ignored protests you've been staging for the past 35 years. Let's be completely fucking clear here. You didn't start shit, you were just already sitting there when everyone else showed up. And instead of having some fucking appreciation, you shit all over it. And now the grown-ups are trying to clean up after your retarded poo-flinging session, and you want to go fuck THEM up. Seriously, fuck you.

Who's hijacking who, you fucking idiot relic? Who's throwing who under the bus? Who looked at a civilization of unprecedented humanity and efficiency, and instead of trying to solve its remaining problems, committed themselves to tearing it up by the roots?

And what kind of bigot just assumes a bunch of people he's never met are going to be mean to homeless people? You really are a sick fuck.

Since the other thread has apparently died and I doubt I'll be able to make it to Occu-Pie, I'll ask here:

1) What particular action(s) or event(s) need to happen in order for Occupiers to cease camping out in public parks? I'm not talking about the larger issues that prompt marches, youtube videos, bank-centered demonstrations, and the like, mind you, just the specific action of occupying public land.

2) Barring the answer to #1, what do the Occupiers hope to accomplish by the action of occupying parks?

Thanks!