Early in the Movement, when MSNBC 'analyst' Donny Deutsch said that Occupy Wall Street needed a 'Kent State' Moment, here's what I said about #Occupy:
Consider the source, AND the venue within which he's given the opportunity to pontificate.
How easy it is for people like this to make evaluative statements about OWS, and the myriad groups protesting the radical income inequity that continues to undermine our democracy and our global economy. Has he devoted ANY time and energy to OWS or any other protest?
Here's what I think of when I contemplate the brave souls joining these protests daily:
~~these individuals are brave activists, exercising their constitutionally-protected right to assemble and to have their grievances heard.
~~these individuals are striving to embody a non-violent protest, AND to organically create a cohesion that can manifest an agenda, primarily using consensus decision making (an AWESOME effort, albeit difficult and time intensive).
~~these individuals are CLEARLY supporting our democracy, our nation, and our global economy.
~~these individuals, and their brave activism, are causing corporate sphincters across the globe to tighten up in fear and resentment, which means this activism is hitting the proverbial nail squarely on the head.
We the People are manifesting a commitment to our great democracy, a profound respect for the efficacy of non-violence, and a determination to BE THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE IN OUR WORLD.
Mr. Deutch--and all the other media moguls like him--would do well to pack up a tent and other relevant resources, and join ANY of the brave groups working to save our democracy.
#Occupy has given me much hope, for the FIRST TIME since St. Ronnie ran our Ship of State onto the razor-sharp rocks of Corporate Hedonism.
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