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In reply to the discussion: Occupy Cleveland canceled May Day protest plans to march in the city because of this: [View all]ellisonz
(27,764 posts)54. Why keep beating a straw man?
Occupy does not have the physical power to stop this, the police do, why don't you ask why they're more busy attacking unarmed protestors than stopping the black bloc types.
Many people, armed solely with moral authority, not lifting a finger in anger, can turn back a few bullies intent on chaos. You do it with numbers, you do it by making your disapproval clear. You use WORDS.
Occupy has made its disapproval clear.
Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. We are using the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic to achieve our ends and encourage the use of nonviolence to maximize the safety of all participants.
This #ows movement empowers real people to create real change from the bottom up. We want to see a general assembly in every backyard, on every street corner because we don't need Wall Street and we don't need politicians to build a better society.
http://occupywallst.org/
This #ows movement empowers real people to create real change from the bottom up. We want to see a general assembly in every backyard, on every street corner because we don't need Wall Street and we don't need politicians to build a better society.
http://occupywallst.org/
What you are advocating is aggressive confrontation likely to provoke violence. Honestly, ignoring the anarchists is probably the best way to neutralize them otherwise they have succeeded in co-opting the movement. BTW - when was the last time you went out in the streets and protested?
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Occupy Cleveland canceled May Day protest plans to march in the city because of this: [View all]
freshwest
May 2012
OP
We have a few blame memes in this country that have gotten completely out of hand and are untrue.
freshwest
May 2012
#6
Manipulated storylines - just like VVAW was infiltrated by RW agents in the 60s to discredit
blm
May 2012
#7
It seems that Occupy is more vulnerable than those movements. But we have to remember how long those
freshwest
May 2012
#8
No it was not. You need to stop telling people what they think about things and how they feel about
MADem
May 2012
#18
No they don't. And if those are your examples of "unpraiseworthy" posts, your skin is paper thin.
MADem
May 2012
#20
Point-n-mock works well. If a hundred (or two hundred) people surround, isolate and shout at
MADem
May 2012
#25
Force, Schmorce. Pointing and mocking and yelling at lawbreakers is "unlawful force?"
MADem
May 2012
#27
"You seem very angry" is what people say when they don't have a meaningful answer to the points
MADem
May 2012
#35
You continue to try to make this about me. Waaah, you're angry, waaaah, you're projecting!
MADem
May 2012
#39
It's obvious that you don't have a clue about what Occupiers in the streets are doing...
pinboy3niner
May 2012
#52