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7. The conservatives dont like Occupy as can be seen in this thread. They support "Big Authoritarian

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Thu Jan 16, 2014, 05:18 PM

Jan 2014

Daddy" government. They dont like whistle-blowers, investigative journalists, protestors, Code Pink, Wikileaks, etc.

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The Occupy Movement Was The Response To Inequality. Look How Brutally It Was Put Down. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Jan 2014 OP

Engage in hyperbolie much? brooklynite Jan 2014 #1

Hyberbole or not, OWS members WERE treated like terrorists, many so brutally beaten they sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #17

...You're familiar with how we treat terrorists, right? WatermelonRat Jan 2014 #23

"Occupy Wall Street Labelled "Terrorists" by the FBI" sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #32

'Potential'. randome Jan 2014 #36

You didn't read the FOIA documents. If you had you would have learned that this 'surveillance' began sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #37

They were NOT labeled as 'terrorists'. They were labeled as 'potential terrorists'. randome Jan 2014 #49

Let's turn that around, knowing what we now know, that the FBI labelled OWS IN THE PLANNING sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #52

Labels... MrMickeysMom Jan 2014 #59

... --- ... WillyT Jan 2014 #34

It isn't. See my links to the FOIA revelations where the FBI labeled OWS Terrorists DURING THE sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #38

THANK YOU !!! WillyT Jan 2014 #41

Uh.......I think that is true, brooklynite. Not hyperbole at all. Th1onein Jan 2014 #44

Really? "hunted like a terrorist?" MineralMan Jan 2014 #2

Not sure what you participated in ... 1000words Jan 2014 #8

I worked with them for about a year Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #11

Horizontal leadership means it's going to take time and will test resolve. 1000words Jan 2014 #13

Agreed Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #15

Yes, funny, I remember most of DU's Occupiers, wonderful people, all of them. sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #47

"perished through lack of common ground on any particular issue" bvar22 Jan 2014 #16

Your little graphic is tiresome and hyperbolic in the extreme. randome Jan 2014 #27

Maybe to YOU it is tiresome. bvar22 Jan 2014 #31

Offends me? Nothing offends me. Simply pointing out how tiresome and reflexive it has become. randome Jan 2014 #33

Nothing offends you? bvar22 Jan 2014 #76

Taking offense clouds one's mind. randome Jan 2014 #78

And NOW you claim to be a Mind Reader? bvar22 Jan 2014 #81

I LOVE that graphic. It encapsulates the anti Social Justice crowd perfectly and succinctly. sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #39

'Potential' terrorists. All large groups of protesters should be monitored by LE. randome Jan 2014 #50

Name a few that were labeled 'terrorist threats BEFORE they even began?? I think it was the sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #58

You need to start a thread on this. I wish I could rec your post. Th1onein Jan 2014 #45

Thanks! bvar22 Jan 2014 #77

Well if you participated, as did I and many others I know, you are aware of the brutality used to sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #18

Occupy never really had widespread support notundecided Jan 2014 #53

I've been in Ca, Az and NY over the past two years and have seen them all over the place. Az sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #56

Glad you've seen them notundecided Jan 2014 #65

I don't have one on my car, never did. Nor do most of my friends who are huge supporters of OWS. sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #67

Close to 8000 arrests. Many of which went to trial. El_Johns Jan 2014 #68

for your own safety sweetapogee Jan 2014 #3

Absolutely, especially after reading the Documents revealed through the FOIA act regarding the sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #40

Didn't know it was put down. NCTraveler Jan 2014 #4

Ignore the jackasses, they have yet to be on the receiving end, Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #5

Occupy was ignored and ridiculed until "Move Your Money." 1000words Jan 2014 #6

You know what? You're right. Th1onein Jan 2014 #46

Intersting, I wouldn't have thought of that. TroglodyteScholar Jan 2014 #48

The conservatives dont like Occupy as can be seen in this thread. They support "Big Authoritarian rhett o rick Jan 2014 #7

Dude Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #9

"considered" a terrorist would have been better BelgianMadCow Jan 2014 #10

Yeah, I agree more with that Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #12

"anyone connected with the Occupy movement is being hunted like a terrorist." geek tragedy Jan 2014 #14

'Oh lordy' indeed: "Occupy Wall Street Labelled "Terrorists" by the FBI" sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #20

"Homeland Security Kept Tabs on Occupy Wall Street" bvar22 Jan 2014 #19

Thanks, see my link above also. And there's plenty more. I remember, BEFORE the release of the sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #21

Of course you are correct, the howls and emoticons of the propaganda dispensers notwithstanding. woo me with science Jan 2014 #22

Do you remember when OWS participants/supporters were attacked and ridiculed on DU... bvar22 Jan 2014 #25

I remember it well, being one of those who was a recipient of the mocking etc, not that it bothers sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #26

+10000 woo me with science Jan 2014 #71

Yes, I remember. woo me with science Jan 2014 #69

"Nationally coordinated" during the administration of a Democratic president Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #75

you have done an excellent service G_j Jan 2014 #35

Thank you! I had not seen that before. woo me with science Jan 2014 #70

It suprises me little, imthevicar Jan 2014 #24

Exactly, a few have now verified the OP's sentiment. FOIA documents proved that the FBI viewed sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #28

Huh? Coyotl Jan 2014 #29

Need anything to help you out? I will be happy to provide information on why the OP may sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #43

The way OWS protesters were treated and portrayed in media abelenkpe Jan 2014 #30

This is something new to me...... Th1onein Jan 2014 #42

Ever notice it's the SAME people, every single time, that disagree with the liberal view? Th1onein Jan 2014 #51

+ Brazillion nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #54

A lot of people make their money stealing it from others, they're not really enthusiastic Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #55

How did Occupy propose to change Government policies? brooklynite Jan 2014 #64

Occupy was/is a Social Movement notundecided Jan 2014 #66

Yes, always the same people. Always the same old talking points. And always so very wrong. sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #57

And some of the biggest defenders of the surveillance state neverforget Jan 2014 #60

Yes, that too ... n/t sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #61

Indeed. One might say the same thing in certain abortion threads. nt msanthrope Jan 2014 #62

Was Occupy "the liberal view?" n/t Skip Intro Jan 2014 #63

They sure as hell didn't support the conservative view. Th1onein Jan 2014 #72

Really? Occupy here was LaRouchies galore. What do they represent? nt msanthrope Jan 2014 #74

The embellishments cannot make up for the lost opportunity. great white snark Jan 2014 #73

FBI talked about SHOOTING people with a contractor like MURDER was business-as-usual. Octafish Jan 2014 #79

So the FBI learned of someone's idea to shoot someone. randome Jan 2014 #80

Save the insults for the FBI, randome. Octafish Jan 2014 #83

My local Occupy was not "put down" hack89 Jan 2014 #82

kick woo me with science Jan 2014 #84

kick Zorra Jan 2014 #85