Anonymous May 1, 2012 at 6:49 pm

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Well said.
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Note to Mercury editors: IA is NOT FUN when you can't make fun of the letter.
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Well IA, sense you already know everything anyways, why don't YOU venture on out there and start your OWN grassroots movement???
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STOP PERPETUATING SYSTEMS OF DOMINATION
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I pretty much agree with the IA. And see #'s 3 and 4 for the same ol' tired responses you get from these people. Never a solution, just the predictable yelling. You'll never win the hearts and minds of the people by yelling at them.
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"What are we to do? Stand by and read about the protests online?"
Poor isolated would-be voter wants to do something political but can't get along with or even endorse people currently involved in anything political? Just can't relate, and most other people are assholes. huh? I,A seems to want their political views represented effectively in a way that allows him/her to remain essentially passive. Voting for the right candidate isn't going to fix our problems. That's part of what the OWS thing is all about.
Only in the most privileged countries do people wring their hands and say, "What can I do?" In most other places, people just jump into something that seems like it will lead to change for the better. Many Americans, on the other hand, just want substantial change without actually working hard themselves or getting their hands dirty.
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You can make fun of "the" quotes.
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Can't disagree with you Anon
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@6: What has Occupy accomplished? Where are the tangible changes? Did you vote for a representative who stood with Occupy? No you didn't, because there AREN'T any. All I see are these scattered protests and random battles to occupy public land. Yeah, real big TANGIBLE accomplishments there, buddy. In Wisconsin, they had protests AND an election. Protests, then something you could vote for... a recall. See how it works? With Occupy, it's just been protest after protest, dirty hippies and masked Anarchists setting up camps, cussing at police and BEGGING to get arrested to gain bragging rights for their friends. I mean where is this "movement' really going?
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@9 "What has Occupy accomplished? [blah blah blah]"
I gave a brief answer to that same just 2 days ago under the "You are not the 99%" one. You ask what the movement's all about, what it's achieved, etc. yet I sense you don't really want a serious answer to this, and if you don't know what's going on, or how grassroots protest movements work (hint: they're not really about winning on a ballot), then I'm not really in a position to give you this knowledge.
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That's what I thought, geyser. Come on, give me one name of a representative of the Occupy movement that someone can vote for to enact REAL change. I can name you numerous Tea Party politicians IN OFFICE fucking things up. Making changes because they were elected and now have the power to do so... and yes, the changes are DEVASTATING and bad for our country. I hate to say it buddy, but I'm tired of the protests, I'm tired of seeing the poor hippies and anarchists cussing at the cops, taking a futile stand and and getting arrested. I'm tired of slobs camping in public placing under the guise of making a statement. And I'm tired of, what appears to be, the disorganization of this movement. So, 3 years from now, will you still be happy with nothing more than protesting? That's all you need? Nothing more? I say if that's all you need, then you're doing it for a different reason. I just wish this damn thing would evolve into something we ALL can relate with. Not just the young unemployed kids looking to cause some trouble. If these simple questions that I pose cannot be answered simply, then how can the average person relate with this movement? Why must there be long, rambling non-answers from people from Occupy? Why do they have to be so aggressive in their responses? Why do they attack, when you simply have a difference in opinion? Sounds like Right-Wing tactics to me. And to set the record straight, I would wholeheartedly support a representative of Occupy who ran for office.
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It's not an electoral movement. It's a protest/grassroots movement, and if it's not as effective as it could be (and it's not!), the answer is more effective protests and grassroots activity. I personally think more outreach into local communities is the direction it needs to go, similar in some ways to historical examples like the Black Panther Party's programs that not only provided relief but taught people how to survive and build community.
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All that to one side, isn't it a little stupid how many of these people who write these things act like they should somehow be immune to ridicule? You Put It On The Internet, you fool; what do you fucking expect?
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YOU ROTTEN BOULDER TOSSING CHICKEN FUCKING DONKEY PUNCHERS! wait, what?

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