Oakland, Occupy take stock of the damage

[TheWraith]

13. No, the "movement" isn't growing. It's dying.

Hint: when something becomes very unpopular with the general public; when protests dwindle from thousands to hundreds; and when nobody outside local or left-wing media cares about it anymore, it's circling the drain. Go ahead and try finding someone outside the left wing base at this point that supports Occupy. What you're going to find is that average people, i.e. that 99% that people are always talking about, either don't support Occupy or simply don't give a damn. It probably would have been different if it hadn't been for the ridiculous obsession with the tactic of occupying parks, but once it became all about that, and a turf fight between protesters and police, the writing was on the wall.

Of course I'm sure I'll get called some names for pointing these facts out, mass media imperialist running dog lackey or something. But it's kind of important to base one's opinions on facts, rather than faith. I'm just disappointed that OWS has become the new Code Pink: a sacred elephant of the left that nobody inside the bubble realizes is viewed as kooks by the overwhelming majority of the public.