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sabrina 1

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27. Chris Hedges understands what this movement is all about. It's clear you never did, which is fine.
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 11:49 PM
Apr 2014

But I will take his observations over all those, most of them from the far right, who from the beginning found this hugely successful movement to be a threat for some reason.

This was the beginning of a growing global movement against the greed, corruption and criminality of those who collapsed the world's economies and so far, got away with it.

Btw, if you had understood the movement you would have known that if you believe you know more about how to get the world's attention than those who showed up, all you had to do was start your own Occupy and show us how to do it. That was the beauty of it, anyone could start an Occupy group.

I assume since you did not do that, you were opposed to the protests themselves. Thanks for all your expert advice, but we didn't see you out there. I did see Chris Hedges many times, among other great Americans and the success of the movement was way beyond the original intentions of the initial organizations. It was a huge success, and is now entering a new phase.

Thank you Occupiers for forcing this issue into the public debate!

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The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Judges That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Apr 2014 #1
Please focus on protests outside of the United States malaise Apr 2014 #2
sadly, G_j Apr 2014 #3
Never forget Kent State malaise Apr 2014 #4
Indeed! May 4th coming up. L0oniX Apr 2014 #8
Let's not forget Jackson State, either. malthaussen Apr 2014 #13
True and they happened days apart malaise Apr 2014 #15
du rec. xchrom Apr 2014 #5
I guess we needed guns 2pooped2pop Apr 2014 #6
Yep, freebrew Apr 2014 #10
Occupy exposed our fascist government or I should say our government exposed itself. L0oniX Apr 2014 #7
I've never heard a disabled person say, "“I’m totally handicapped." randome Apr 2014 #9
Social Security.... catnhatnh Apr 2014 #11
Okay, that makes more sense. randome Apr 2014 #12
This entire sub-thread.. PotatoChip Apr 2014 #14
Uh, Hello - Reading comprehension is your friend. kath Apr 2014 #16
Whoops. randome Apr 2014 #18
The Bundy affair Madmiddle Apr 2014 #17
This isn't a democracy which the treatment of OWS protesters made very clear. sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #19
FBI was ready to greenlight SNIPERS. Octafish Apr 2014 #20
Omg, not that it is surprising, after watching come close to killing people on several occasions. sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #21
Can't spark outrage if nobody knows. Octafish Apr 2014 #22
Take a look at this video. "Peaceful" does not mean "for a cause I like". Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #23
You really had to dig deeply to find that. Do you have any idea how many people across this sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #26
Why is any of that relevant, (except the last broad-brush)? Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #32
K&R n/t Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2014 #24
This is a splendid illustration of many problems with the Occupy! "movement" struggle4progress Apr 2014 #25
Chris Hedges understands what this movement is all about. It's clear you never did, which is fine. sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #27
I found this thread interesting: struggle4progress Apr 2014 #28
Did you think this was the first OWS member to run for office? He is not fyi. Of course it is sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #29
This is the paragraph that caught my eye: struggle4progress Apr 2014 #30
As I said, he is not the first and won't be the last to run sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #31
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