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In reply to the discussion: Occupy is anti NATO all over twitter. Will this alienate people? I thought Occupy did so well [View all]applegrove
(118,630 posts)9. Occupy has changed the focus of political discussion to the growing inequality in the USA. That is
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something that slipped under the radar for 30 years. Now it is the basis of the 2012 election. That is big stuff. All occupy did was get a majority of americans to say to themselves 'I am part of the 99%' instead of 'I am religious' or 'I have to think and feel what some hierarchy wants me to think or feel'. Occupy freed people to connect with what is real for them. And to connect Americans once again to each other instead of being sliced and diced up by the Republicans. They became part of something greater than themselves. It undid 30 years of hard & relentless work on the part of the GOP. Occupy has rocked the world.
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Occupy is anti NATO all over twitter. Will this alienate people? I thought Occupy did so well [View all]
applegrove
May 2012
OP
And then right wing false flaggers stir the whole mix. Alienating the left from the centre.
applegrove
May 2012
#3
Sure it did. More than 50% of Americans supported Occupy back in the fall. Some of them were
applegrove
May 2012
#25
Occupy may hurt their cause. What made them so amazing was the multiple realities Occupy reflected
applegrove
May 2012
#5
So when the movement started it was slammed for not having specific targets.
Warren Stupidity
May 2012
#6
I have never slammed Occupy. I was thrilled with everything that happened in the fall/winter. I
applegrove
May 2012
#7
But, does anyone know what they are FOR? Teabaggers have managed to...
TreasonousBastard
May 2012
#8
Occupy has changed the focus of political discussion to the growing inequality in the USA. That is
applegrove
May 2012
#9
NATO is not mainstream. They are an elite group of resource-hoarding nations.
U4ikLefty
May 2012
#19
NATO to spend billions on nuclear weapons overhaul - convenient for defense contractors
Fire Walk With Me
May 2012
#21