UnOccupy Portland counter-protest attracts 10 people

[Kadie]

Un-Occupy Portland counters Occupy protestors at downtown rally, march
Published: Sunday, November 20, 2011, 5:29 PM Updated: Sunday, November 20, 2011, 7:20 PM

Armed with snarky signs and at least one false mustache, a group of about 10 anti-Occupy Portland protestors, who called themselves Un-Occupy Portland, stood near Ankeny Plaza to deliver a message to the Occupy movement: "We're seriously annoyed, and we want you to stop."

As members of Occupy Portland gathered for a rally on the plaza, the Un-Occupy protestors held signs with sayings such as "We are the 98.999%. We are seriously annoyed with the 0.001%," "I'm bored and easily influenced," and "Un-Occupy Portland: The 98.999% for Portland Police, Taxpayers and the City's Budget."

As the rally went on below them, the anti-protestors handed out flyers and discussed their complaints with the Occupy movement, citing a lack of direction, tense relations with police, lofty law enforcement expenditures, traffic congestion, vandalization and crime as reasons the protestors should end their occupation.

"No one will disagree with the serious problem of wealth inequality in this country. But we don’t feel that — 'Let’s totally, like, stop corporate greed, dude!' is a realistic or attainable goal worthy of the protests’ consequences," reads a piece of the group's mission statement.

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[TygrBright]

1. Gosh. I hope they had enough porta-potties. n/t

[NYC_SKP]

2. Their FaceBook page:

http://www.facebook.com/Un.Occupy.Portland

[pkdu]

6. From Carrie Cresap's own Myspace page... a classic..

"Really Do Not Like To Read!"

[HughBeaumont]

3. "No one will disagree with the serious problem of wealth inequality"??? It seems they ARE.

How many FUCKING times have people told them the goals/direction of this movement? How many MORE times does it need to be said?? People like this are just willfully choosing not to hear them just so they can be "kewl" hippie-punchers.

What an EMBARASSMENT.

[lbrtbell]

4. 10 people?

[Marr]

5. Nine of them corporate media people covering the event.

And not a single cop!

[rsmith6621]

7. I Just Messaged The Group...

...and told them if they get any larger they better watch out for the PEPPER SPRAY....they will fade away just like the Tea Party basically has.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. Acorrding to the 2010 Census, the population of Portland is 583,776

So, let's do the math. 10 people? That means you guys aren't 98.999%, you are .00017129%.