Native Americans Say "Occupy" Terminology Is Offensive

[Glassunion]

57. The word "occupy" does not have one simple definition. Noun, verb and adjective.

I occupy(fill time) my evenings reading DU. On a laptop that barely occupies(takes up) 1/3 of the desk. My cat likes to bother me a lot so I give him toys to occupy(engage) his mind while I read. As I sit in my home that my wife and I have occupied(to reside in) for 3 years now, I ponder what my day will be like at my occupation(job) tomorrow. I work in the IT field as a chief technician, an occupation(position) that I have had for more than 15 years now.

None of these has the meaning that the Native American's are upset by.

I do however live in a country that was occupied(take possession) by colonists.

To me the word in the movement means the following: to take up space and to take up time. This is to disrupt the normal and to shed light via taking up that space and peoples time so that the cause can occupy the minds of those trying to be reached. The movement does not seem to me to be trying to take possession of anything.

But alas this post has occupied enough of my time, so I shall move on to other things.