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applegrove

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14. It was Occupy that defined the the

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 05:39 PM

Dec 2012

Last edited Wed Dec 12, 2012, 08:00 PM - Edit history (3)

99% in people's hearts. And people really liked belonging to such a great big group after years of the GOP slicing and dicing Americans up and playing people off against each other. The 99% meme was deeply ingrained inside the majority of Americans when Romney's 47% comments became public: the complete opposite of what Occupy's 99% meant to the country. Why Romney was rejected so. Why Occupy will live on. The idea of people working together for a better future was found in Obama's 'we're all in this together' adage. Occupy was a very important part of Obama's 2012 win. IMHO

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So a lot of people are proclaiming the death of the Occupy movement. [View all] Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 OP

The same people think that the tea party is going to have a second coming Drale Dec 2012 #1

"OWS is dead" = "We're afraid of real, actual positive Change". Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #2

The embedded reporter in various Occupy groups thinks it's dead, too. randome Dec 2012 #4

The camps are gone, but the movement lives on. Ask people in Brooklyn, on Staten Island and the smokey nj Dec 2012 #5

You'd have to be blind to not acknowledge the movement goes on. randome Dec 2012 #7

You and the reporter are wrong. Occupy is alive and well. smokey nj Dec 2012 #8

Okay, then. randome Dec 2012 #9

Not really a lot. woo me with science Dec 2012 #3

We'll see as more cuts come through and more injustice continues. mmonk Dec 2012 #6

I believe the unprecedented amount of strikes in the last month Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #10

Yes. A trend that must not die. mmonk Dec 2012 #13

+1 woo me with science Dec 2012 #17

Not a lot, just a few with an agenda Rex Dec 2012 #11

One of whom is stinking up this thread. smokey nj Dec 2012 #12

It was Occupy that defined the the applegrove Dec 2012 #14

Occupy Worked, and it has changed Taverner Dec 2012 #15

Exactly. It is evolving. Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #16