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In reply to the discussion: Many of us are still going to protest. Some might not like our "tactics". [View all]tavalon
(27,985 posts)71. Wow, you have been busy!
Going to all of the General Meetings, held throughout this nation at each OWS site. Sitting through that much consensus building would make my butt chap, but you did it! You did, didn't you?
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Many of us are still going to protest. Some might not like our "tactics". [View all]
mmonk
Dec 2011
OP
Absolutely. We've tried playing nice, writing letters, voting, going to town-halls.
backscatter712
Dec 2011
#1
Go. Save the nation. This has already changed things permanently. I love Occupy.
roguevalley
Dec 2011
#68
Watch out for the anti-OWS crowd in here. There code is "OWS is hurting their own message"
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#4
Please expain how it is becoming a religion? And what do you recommend instead? Status quo? nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#11
Oh, you mean how there's overwhelming scientific evidence that climate change exists, unlike
RandomKoolzip
Dec 2011
#20
Funny, that's the same logic DU's Obama supporters refuse to acknowledge.
RandomKoolzip
Dec 2011
#30
You are demeaning OWS. "little groups going off on their own thing". Whose side are you on?
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#45
Your claim that they will accomplish nothing is forgetting that they already have. They have
jwirr
Dec 2011
#103
WE already know that but there are a lot people who did not know that. It also highlighted the
jwirr
Dec 2011
#108
Apparently some people think a "religion" is "something I like a whole lot."
RandomKoolzip
Dec 2011
#144
Really? You think academic grant money compares to oil+chemical lobbyist money?
RandomKoolzip
Dec 2011
#33
Yes nothing changes, you lose every time when you don't have the facts on your side.
Bjorn Against
Dec 2011
#63
It would have been very easy to avoid this if you'd refrained from calling global warming a religion
JVS
Dec 2011
#99
Unfortunately just about every competent scientist studying human-induced global climate change...
Raster
Dec 2011
#101
Actions have consequences. That is a very conservative statement that should make you very happy.
jwirr
Dec 2011
#105
Tell you what: let's test whether we humans have control of the atmosphere on a small scale first.
RandomKoolzip
Dec 2011
#146
Your first two statements conflict. You support OWS if they did it different, means you dont
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#51
Do you understand the concept of civil disobedience? If so, explain why you dont agree the ports
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#57
Civil disobedience is usually directed at groups or institutions responsible...
randome
Dec 2011
#60
Wow, I've read silly stuff at DU over the years, but this is up there.
Pacifist Patriot
Dec 2011
#93
Hmmm. you do not sound like you have ever supported OWS. Religion - it takes much longer than
jwirr
Dec 2011
#100
Yeah, and I have a statue of the Global Warming Goddess that I pray to every night.
RoccoR5955
Dec 2011
#111
Calling global warming a "religion" is like calling gravity just a "theory"
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Dec 2011
#128
I believe they always had a message, but many are too clueless or in denial to recognize it. nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#140
How do you appeal to the 99% you claim to represent if you do use more violent tactics?
applegrove
Dec 2011
#56
I remember seeing where Kennedy invited Dr. King and others into the WH for a series of discussions
bigtree
Dec 2011
#86
We can afford to ignore our critics but can't afford not to be heard by those that hold power.
mmonk
Dec 2011
#19
The pricks in control do not honor our rights or the Constitution so why should we
Lint Head
Dec 2011
#9
Those who tend to 'concern' themselves with this haven't lost enough yet...
Earth_First
Dec 2011
#34
They are the same poor saps that believe capitalism can be reformed... nt
Modern_Matthew
Dec 2011
#66
The second your sister loses her job, the second some life threatening illness pops
truedelphi
Dec 2011
#126
You make a good point, though in a sense you are throwing the baby out with the bath
truedelphi
Dec 2011
#127