The Dem Convention Needs To Be OCCUPIED..n/t

[Lodestar]

[trueblue2007]

1. NO IT DOESN'T. We don't need a Blow up, confrontation or Violence !!!

[JonLeibowitz]

4. Maybe you don't.

Anyway, Occupy is a peaceful movement?

Have you heard of the Occupy protests before?

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

5. Occupy....

are good people. They did amazing work after Hurricane Sandy.

[MrMickeysMom]

37. I guess they have never heard of OWS...

Short term memory and all...

[trueblue2007]

42. with what is happening in today's world, IT WOULD NOT BE PEACEFUL

JUST THINK ABOUT IT, use your head. Why court disaster? What do you think you'd accomplish?
You are not 7 years old on a playground. This is the real world with real blood and real lives.
If you want to put your life on the line for a bunch of sillly stuff, go for it.

[JonLeibowitz]

48. I do not consider the future of our democracy 'silly stuff'. It isn't a fucking game

Where I have my team and then the other team roots for their player and then we have a winner. This is serious and has to do with the course of history and our government.

So yeah, some of us will work, sometimes at risk, to further the cause. Do you think Thomas Paine and Paul Revere did any less?

[trueblue2007]

49. then YOU die for it. Me I chose life.

[trueblue2007]

50. this hardly Paul Revere and Thomas Paine type stuff. Don't exaggerate.

Keeping TRUMP out of the presidency and a Democrat in the White House, I'd march for that.
March in my own home town just like I did during the Vietnam war. I would not get involved in protesting at a convention.

[JonLeibowitz]

62. I don't think you get the whole individual choice thing. YOU dot get to decide for ME

[randome]

47. Believe me, we know about Occupy. Do you?

http://www.wired.com/2012/12/a-eulogy-for-occupy/

Because the GA had no way to reject force, over time it fell to force. Proposals won by intimidation; bullies carried the day. What began as a way to let people reform and remake themselves had no mechanism for dealing with them when they didn’t. It had no way to deal with parasites and predators. It became a diseased process, pushing out the weak and quiet it had meant to enfranchise until it finally collapsed when nothing was left but predators trying to rip out each other’s throats.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[Lodestar]

10. OCCUPY is a nonviolent form of protest.

But be prepared for spontaneous and creative acts.... (((shudder)))

[roguevalley]

39. it will be. it will be the last gasp of democracy in this country. I would go down fighting rather

than let DWS and her clowns steal the country away. thousands will be there. Good.

[trueblue2007]

43. go for it, die and leave your family gasping for life.... going down in disaster.

Silly, silly.

[SpareribSP]

63. "die and leave your family gasping for life"

What on earth?

[puffy socks]

51. It will back fire

and you will have a bigger fight on your hands than you can handle. The establishment is totally prepared for that. Play it smart.

[scscholar]

53. There was no violence with occupy!

I spent several days with them at Westlake Park in Seattle, and the only violence I saw was by the Republican-ruled thugs in blue.

[brooklynite]

57. The City of Seattle had a Democratic Mayor...King County had a Democratic County Exec

Guess that doesn't work with the narrative...

[CorporatistNation]

60. Maybe All The Bots Would Prefer Not but The Rest Who Would Like To Restore DEMOCRACY Believe

That some "occupying" is in order... after all that has gone down throughout this primary "process..."

[elleng]

3. Would serve NOTHING positive!

The 'party' needs to be 'occupied,' from henceforth.

[MineralMan]

6. Have a place to stay yet?

Nothing stopping people from going there, as far as I know. There are logistics to consider, though. You may want to plan your trip earlier than later.

[randome]

46. "Plan?" Did you say "plan"?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[VOX]

7. If you weren't around for the 1968 Dem convention...

Then study up on its history. It was chaos, and events there helped give Richard Nixon a victory. And look how that turned out.

[JonLeibowitz]

18. Yes children, pay heed to your elders and betters. You might wake the boogie man!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

21. The stuck us with Humpty and turned the cops loose on the dissenters.

[VOX]

61. Exactly! Kennedy & McCarthy won all the primaries....

And the Dem establishment wasn't about to go with "Clean Sir Gene." As you say, they stuck us with "Dump the Hump" and threw in a police riot for good measure. Bad times.

[BillZBubb]

35. Yeah the party elite foisted a status quo Dem on the party.

Chaos ensued. And the status quo candidate lost to Tricky Dick. How bad is that?

[NobodyHere]

8. Why?

[KingFlorez]

9. Sanders should be billed for any damages his supporters cause to the arena

With that said, if there is any sort of riot it will only reflect poorly on Sanders supporters and lower his credibility.

[brooklynite]

20. They won't get within three blocks of the stadium without credentials.

[Lodestar]

22. It's about NON-representation, not about a person. n/t

[panader0]

33. Hillary should be billed for Libya.

[roguevalley]

40. given the shit DWS is doing, I think I'll send her a bill. you assume that bernie siupporters will

be violent without proof to back it up but sit silently as DWS and the other swine steal the nomination. Nice.

[silvershadow]

64. That's what this whole thread is about. This will be their new meme.

So Karl Rovian it could well be Brock. nt

[trueblue2007]

44. I agree and if any people DIE..... Sue Bernie.

[baldguy]

11. Like the Bundys?

[anotherproletariat]

12. Great way to turn the only people in the country who might be supportive against them. nt

[Lodestar]

14. People turning on their own children?

I don't think so. Besides, protesting is part of our democracy....
ARE we a democracy anymore?

[MelungeonWoman]

13. Saw this on FB today...

Michael N. Huff, Esquire PA/NJ/NY 215-567-2120 criminal defense

As many of you know, I practice criminal law in PA-NJ-NY with my main office in Philly. I will be available pro bono to help with anyone who gets arrested during the DNC in July. Please save this meme to your cell phone and hope you won't need it. ‪#?BernieLawyer‬

This seems like it is going to be an overwhelming task for one person. Hope he's got a staff!

[brooklynite]

15. Well, hotel rooms will be in short supply, so camping in Rittenhouse Square might be the only option

Seriously though, what does that mean?

[dreamnightwind]

16. There's a growing BernTheConvention movement

that is organizing ride shares to get Bernie supporters from all over the country to the convention.

[trueblue2007]

45. I hope they don't DIE. Trump people will shoot to kill.

[Live and Learn]

52. Trump people will be at the Dem Convention? nt

[trueblue2007]

54. yes, they will do anything to hurt our Democrats. Don't you hear them speak on news reports?

LISTEN AND LEARN.
STOP HIDING YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND

[Live and Learn]

65. Breathe, Trueblue. Maybe you need to turn off the tv for a bit. nt

[msongs]

17. it will be occupied by democrats...who support the party nominee nt

[Thinkingabout]

19. Are you a Democrat?

[Lodestar]

23. Define that one for me will you? n/t

[Thinkingabout]

25. Well, that answers that question, then why do you want to attend the DNC convention?

[Lodestar]

28. YOU haven't answered the question because you can't.

And THAT answers the question for me.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

24. Will Obama put on his comfortable walking shoes and join in?

[Thinkingabout]

27. No, Obama will be on the inside like other good Democrats.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

29. Like the "good Democrats" like Mayor Daley was in '68?

[Thinkingabout]

31. Neither would be outside.

[Codeine]

26. It will be;

by triumphant Democrats celebrating the nomination of the next President of the Unites States of America.

[Lodestar]

30. Watch out for flash mobs breaking out in song!!!! YIKES!!!!

And young people who want to own their own destinies. UGLY!

BAD people!!!

[onehandle]

32. I live a few blocks from where the convention is happening.

I'll be inside waving at any nearby occupiers outside.

[Demsrule86]

34. Sure make a big scene and help Trump

What are your motivations?

[ChiciB1]

36. Anyone Who Listens To Call-In Shows Must Have Already

heard art least ONE group or more who ARE planning events. I've heard that Bernie doesn't want this, but too many people aren't going to listen! Too much corruption has brought this country to this point. It was bound to happen!!

People are just FED UP with how we've been manipulated and IGNORED!

You can blame Bernie all you want, but the real blame lays at the feet of THIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY! They've ignored their constituents for too many years and people have had enough!

I'm down here in Florida and will be far away, but I don't think it will be stopped.

[randome]

38. Yet another dead horse to flog.

Maybe if you had a leader or some sense of organization, otherwise...sure, go for it if doing a bellyflop is what makes you feel like the center of attention.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[tritsofme]

41. I'm sure they'll have a hashtag that means business!1!

[Gomez163]

55. Go ahead. The Philly cops will let you do that. Honest.

[dana_b]

56. #BernTheConvention #SeeYouInPhilly n/t

[oasis]

58. I hate the Bern of pepper spray in the morning. nt

[brooklynite]

59. If I were to guess, I'd say there'll be a security checkpoint at Pattison Ave...

...nobody will be able to pass without Convention credentials.

But maybe you could protest in Center City and disrupt the ability of working class people to get to and from work...like when the Brooklyn Bridge was blocked.