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Wall Street protesters show diversity of age, gender and race

World Oct. 09, 2011 - 06:50AM JST ( 19 )

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Bartholomew HarteOct. 09, 2011 - 10:19AM JST

I think it's high time these politicians put their Money where their Mouth is! The Only "Special Interests" they should have is to the American People!
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Magic8ballOct. 09, 2011 - 10:36AM JST

Tea party supporters are going to be angry at that headline and claim liberal media bias, despite the massive delay in reporting these liberal leaning protests. But I am telling you, the media plays both sides in a quest for cash, and most are owned by only a few rich people pimping their own brand of rich man politics and nothing to do with the general politics of people like you and me.

Everyone should be on board protesting the rich, even the tea partiers. Because even tea party points such as downsizing government and reducing the debt are being held up by the vested interests of rich people with too much power over our government.
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yabitsOct. 09, 2011 - 12:08PM JST

It is only natural that such diversity gravitates to the American Solidarity movement.
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unreconstructedOct. 09, 2011 - 06:32PM JST

Civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis silenced by the Occupy Atlanta crowd. It was 'by consensus.' Like something out of Lord of the Flies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QZlp3eGMNI
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yabitsOct. 09, 2011 - 07:30PM JST

Civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis silenced by the Occupy Atlanta crowd.

It is very clear from the video that Congressman Lewis was not silenced. The reality is that the gathering had an agenda that is being determined by consensus, and Congressman Lewis's talk was not on the agenda. As was pointed out, he could have been given time to speak later, but at that point, Congressman Lewis is no better and no worse than anyone else in the group -- and while his past work in civil rights was acknowledged, it was decided to continue with the agenda as previously approved.

That is not "silencing."

Like something out of Lord of the Flies.

No. It was nothing like that at all.
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yabitsOct. 09, 2011 - 09:39PM JST

"This is not a time to be looking for ways to dismiss a nascent movement against the power of capital, but to do the opposite: to find ways to embrace it, support it, and help it grow into its enormous potential. With so much at stake, cynicism is a luxury we simply cannot afford." -- from a progressive thinker
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lostrune2Oct. 09, 2011 - 09:39PM JST

Heheh, at least they're not kowtowing to politicians, even if said politician is a supporter of the movement. Let them lead the movement themselves. Not let the politicians lead - nothing good has come from that (politicians always have their own vested interests).
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arrestpaulOct. 10, 2011 - 05:44AM JST

unreconstructed - Civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis silenced by the Occupy Atlanta crowd. It was 'by consensus.' Like something out of Lord of the Flies.

I think Lord of the Flies sums up this recent effort perfectly. No one is in charge. They don't have any idea what they want. The original homeless types are willing to follow any new group that is willing to tell them what to do.

Now that the SEIU is involved with them, I sure that crowd violence is sure to increase.
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yabitsOct. 10, 2011 - 05:58AM JST

No one is in charge.

The original homeless types are willing to follow any new group that is willing to tell them what to do.

Two sentences apart, in complete contradiction with one another.

Such is the "astuteness" of the critics.
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yabitsOct. 10, 2011 - 06:04AM JST

Now that the SEIU is involved with them, I sure that crowd violence is sure to increase.

Many from religious communities are starting to take part. A great quote from an astute observer:

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do that."
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arrestpaulOct. 10, 2011 - 08:46AM JST

yabits - Two sentences apart, in complete contradiction with one another.

The first sentence refers to the group of lonely-heart protestors who resonded to the Canadian-based "adbusters" call to join other lonely-hearts for a group protest and possibly a bath. The other sentence refers to the organized groups like SEIU who want to use the original group members (and their airtime) for their own purposes.

There is still no one in charge of this movement (hehehe, I said "movement") and they have no particular goals. One person objects to "this", another person objects to "that", a third objects something entirely different than the other two. Maybe this movement will amount to something, maybe not. Time will tell.
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arrestpaulOct. 10, 2011 - 08:49AM JST

yabitsOct. 10, 2011 - 06:04AM JST

Now that the SEIU is involved with them, I sure that crowd violence is sure to increase.

Many from religious communities are starting to take part. A great quote from an astute observer:

The religious communities are NOT know to have bit anyones finger off, egged buses, or beaten couter protestors which is the history of SEIU.
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unreconstructedOct. 10, 2011 - 04:04PM JST

Many from religious communities are starting to take part.

Yes, but having the totalitarian theocrats in Iran on your side doesn't impress the silent majority in America.
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yabitsOct. 10, 2011 - 05:25PM JST

Yes, but having the totalitarian theocrats in Iran on your side...

Wonder how they felt about the Yom Kippur services that were held at OccupyWallStreet on Friday.

I doubt if the "silent majority" -- aka the 99% -- is impressed with the constant lying of opponents like yourself.
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arrestpaulOct. 11, 2011 - 02:46AM JST

yabits - I doubt if the "silent majority" -- aka the 99% -- is impressed with the constant lying of opponents like yourself.

99% of what? Who do these people actually represent? 99% of the great unwashed? 99% of the lonely-heart protestors who don't like to protest alone? 99% of the Wobbly organization?
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yabitsOct. 11, 2011 - 03:33AM JST

Who do these people actually represent? 99% of the great unwashed?

Thanks to the conservative philosophy and policies of unbridled capitalism -- letting the wolves loose to prey on everyone else -- there are more and more people who are finding themselves among the great "unwashed."

I believe it terrifies you to sense all that you have wasted your time and efforts defending a system bearing fruit that has harmed the lives of millions upon millions of Americans -- and the numbers keep growing.
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arrestpaulOct. 11, 2011 - 06:06AM JST

yabits - I believe it terrifies you to sense all that you have wasted your time and efforts defending a system bearing fruit that has harmed the lives of millions upon millions of Americans

And I believe you are wrong.
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globalwatcherOct. 12, 2011 - 11:05AM JST

99% of what?

arrestpaul, this is a 6 million dollar question.

The protesters believe a 1% of US super riches owns a majority of US wealth. Apparently, you are in Japan and not relating to the income disparity among rich and poor here in US is widening in recent years. This is a socio/economic #101 isssue due to a failing fiscal/monetary policies. That's why these progtesters are repeating "we are the 99%!, we are the 99%!" on the Wall Street and elsewhere.
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arrestpaulOct. 13, 2011 - 02:02AM JST

globalwatcher - this is a 6 million dollar question.

The protesters believe a 1% of US super riches owns a majority of US wealth. Apparently, you are in Japan and not relating to the income disparity among rich and poor here in US is widening in recent years. This is a socio/economic #101 isssue due to a failing fiscal/monetary policies. That's why these progtesters are repeating "we are the 99%!, we are the 99%!" on the Wall Street and elsewhere.

And apparently you are wrong.

What the movement doesn't have right now, these experts note, are the same concrete goals of some past social movements - a lack that many demonstrators seem to be embracing, at least for the moment.

"We're a broad range - everyone's affected in a different way," said John Crisano, 27, who'd answered a call for college students to attend Wednesday's protest. "But we're all here because we're upset at the way the government is being run."

Karen Livecchia, 49, agreed. "For now, it's a lot like the Internet - leaderless, spaceless," she said as she collected signatures at the march, spurred to action by an email from the liberal group MoveOn.org. "It's hard to tell what it will lead to. But I'm not concerned that we don't have specific demands - that will come."

These protestors are complaining about many different issues. While protests have occured in maybe 100 cities, there are 25,000 cities in the U.S.. Protest signs call for gay kids to kill their parents, that 9/11 was an inside job, that communism or socialism should replace Democracy, that education and healthcare should be paid for by someone, anyone, other than the protestors, that Obama is a criminal, the U.S. government should be overthrown by violence, that all debts should be forgiven or ignored, and many, many more issues.

The protestors claim to represent 99% but they are only small groups that represent themselves.