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In reply to the discussion: Occupy Denver disrupts vigil to honor homeless who have died, refuse to allow mayor to speak [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)Really. And if the media isn't paying enough attention to them, then we need to find some way to bring more attention to them.
But I'm not sure how this is going to change the system. It helps people in need, yeah, great stuff, but we were all sold on the notion that OWS was going to turn society on its head and transform the economic landscape.
If this is where the movement is headed, more power to it but the 'occupy' stuff detracts from the good works because it annoys people, enemies and supporters alike.
Whose side am I on? On the side that wants to see economic disparity reduced and greater job opportunities for all. We are in a lousy situation now with the economy the way it is. Republicans are on the ropes because they are self-destructing. We need to take advantage of that, not get into shouting matches with local mayors, who, abhorrent though you may find him, was elected by his constituents and is also a Democrat.
You may have been right about the left eating its own. That's what shouting down the mayor looks like to me.
I am in support of the ideals OWS was formed to address.