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In reply to the discussion: You tell me OWS is dead.... [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)of Wall St that caused millions of Americans to lose their homes and jobs, creating tent cities in a country that is among the wealthiest in the world, is simply stunning. I get that you are probably okay, not affected by the corruption not living on the street because you were wrongfully foreclosed on among other things. And I am truly glad for that. That is the least people who have worked all the lives should expect.
The snobbery apparent in the anti-OWS Social Justice movement is nothing new. Social Justice movements have always represented the poor, minorities and all of society's most vulnerable, and the 'comfortable' among us do not like to be reminded of the 'little people'.
Nothing has changed in that regard, throughout history. So it's no surprise at all to see who opposes this movement, in fact that alone has been proof positive of how successful OWS has been.
As the old saying goes, you can tell more about success by the enemies of that success than by its supporters.
I have not met one anti-OWS's Global Social Justice movement individual or organization that has surprised me in the least. In fact it is almost satisfying that the predictions and preparations for the anti-contingency turned out to be so correct.
Speaking of snobbery:
Wall St. Cocktail Partiers Mock OWS Wall St Corruption Protesters
Way to go, snobbery at its finest towards the nurses, the firemen, teachers et al who make up the OWS movement and are only asking for some kind of economic equality, but for the anti-OWS snobs, that is apparently something to laugh at.