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In reply to the discussion: Occupy's tactics are hurting their message and the left [View all]CrawlingChaos
(1,893 posts)180. What a steaming pile of horseshit (n/t)
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But thankfully there have been people's movements that do represent and advance those views
deutsey
Dec 2011
#54
No. Post Kennedy assassination there was the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Medicare, Medicaid
TheWraith
Dec 2011
#47
At least Nixon understood economics better than today's pols & how it related to national security.
ieoeja
Dec 2011
#90
He still didn't have to sign it. We have the process for a purpose. Make them do it.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2011
#168
Yes, he did. Nobody issues a veto they know will be overridden just for shits and giggles.
TheWraith
Dec 2011
#262
With all respect, you are blubbering. First of all OWS has a 56% popularity.
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#194
Can you cite a source fo rthe 56% popularity? I have read that support has dropped in recent days
BoWanZi
Dec 2011
#238
What methods do you think we should use to draw the attention of the busy public
JDPriestly
Dec 2011
#163
I have met the type of person you speak of and sadly they are union members who do not understand...
unapatriciated
Dec 2011
#220
I'm not sure which unions see this as disruptive or unnecessary but....
unapatriciated
Dec 2011
#214
+1 The more OWS continues developing and (importantly) acting out a counter-narrative
deutsey
Dec 2011
#15
For 50+ years the reactionary right shoved the narrative toward their side...
Luminous Animal
Dec 2011
#46
the numbers are 70% for single payer/real public option, 70% for Medicare and Social Security
MisterP
Dec 2011
#45
What tactics? I hope they go even further than shutting down ports, if that was what you were
sadge goddess
Dec 2011
#14
When I click my ruby slippers together, there eventually appears a magical hide thread function...
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#30
that's bullshit. Americans are quite liberal -- they just don't call themselves that
Remember Me
Dec 2011
#202
If you want to find an anarchistic movement, look to the Chicago School of Economics,
JDPriestly
Dec 2011
#172
I am more familiar with Chomsky's work in linguistics than with his work in politics.
JDPriestly
Dec 2011
#259
Exactly what 'left' do you think OWS is hurting? As far as I'm concerned, the
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2011
#53
So, OWS is supposed to be watching the polls and steering its actions accordingly...
AntiFascist
Dec 2011
#68
Very good points. The corporate media presstitutes are deliberately minimizing Occupy.
backscatter712
Dec 2011
#158
Well, you obviously aren't watching because the tactics are in fact evolving.
AntiFascist
Dec 2011
#189
Got anything more recent than a month-old poll to indicate OWS losing support?
MilesColtrane
Dec 2011
#70
"The port shutdown was an over-reaching bust." - I have to take issue with that, as
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2011
#115
+1 The 1% and their mouthpieces are out in force and are desperate to destroy the Occupy movement.
Zorra
Dec 2011
#122
that's rather presumptuous. it seems to me, that anyone who doesn't agree 100% with OWS tactics here
dionysus
Dec 2011
#165
Yes. The "tactic" was used to popularize the concept. It worked for a bit, then became stale.
MADem
Dec 2011
#255
let's see if they can pull it off. you need tens of millions of people to pull off a general strike,
dionysus
Dec 2011
#159
These are excellent ideas. Are you anywhere near an Occupy encampment?
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2011
#118
How many times has Bill O'Reilly proclaimed the death of the Occupy movement now?
backscatter712
Dec 2011
#104
This isn't a popularity contest - it's about doing what's right - and changing the world
slay
Dec 2011
#111
i don't know about hurting their message or, not, but reading this thread... if you don't think
dionysus
Dec 2011
#156
Yes, I've read through the entire thread, and I get that sense as well. Either support OWS 100% -
SlimJimmy
Dec 2011
#173
ironically, that kind of stuff is pretty counter productive to growing the movement, isn't it?
dionysus
Dec 2011
#174
Yep, just caught that. I normally don't check to see who has reccd a thread,
SlimJimmy
Dec 2011
#254
Give me a gung ho and radicalized 30% over any tepid and conflicted majority, no matter how large.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2011
#190
Those concern trolls were saying the same thing during the Civil Rights Movement
alp227
Dec 2011
#191
Occupying public parks is exactly what put OWS on the map and in play.
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2011
#222
That's not important..What great movement was EVER popular in its early days?
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2011
#225
the media's portrayal of them have made them less popular with the American people
SemperEadem
Dec 2011
#240
Bullshit! Rightwing, teabagger and WS propaganda poll. I can't believe people would...
golddigger
Dec 2011
#241
Archaeology issue Jan/Feb2012 recalls press from 1900s-sounds EXACTLY LIKE YOU
StarsInHerHair
Dec 2011
#244
The Occupy movement has been successful because they represent the 99%. A few former tea partiers,
applegrove
Dec 2011
#268