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In reply to the discussion: Occupy is anti NATO all over twitter. Will this alienate people? I thought Occupy did so well [View all]applegrove
(118,501 posts)7. I have never slammed Occupy. I was thrilled with everything that happened in the fall/winter. I
simply don't want to see the battle over inequality they were winning sacrificed for anti Nato. I certainly did not want to see ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. I also wanted to see bin Laden and al qaeda stopped in Afghanistan. Both things NATO were involved in. That is my very point. More than 50% of Americans liked Occupy in the fall. I want to see Occupy succeed and become entrenched in all our psyches as the anti-inequality movement of the 99%. I'm sure many right wing 1% are thrilled to see Occupy morph into something that will be less palatable to the majority of Americans: being against NATO. In fact I would imagine they are dancing a jig.
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applegrove
May 2012
OP
And then right wing false flaggers stir the whole mix. Alienating the left from the centre.
applegrove
May 2012
#3
Sure it did. More than 50% of Americans supported Occupy back in the fall. Some of them were
applegrove
May 2012
#25
Occupy may hurt their cause. What made them so amazing was the multiple realities Occupy reflected
applegrove
May 2012
#5
So when the movement started it was slammed for not having specific targets.
Warren Stupidity
May 2012
#6
I have never slammed Occupy. I was thrilled with everything that happened in the fall/winter. I
applegrove
May 2012
#7
But, does anyone know what they are FOR? Teabaggers have managed to...
TreasonousBastard
May 2012
#8
Occupy has changed the focus of political discussion to the growing inequality in the USA. That is
applegrove
May 2012
#9
NATO is not mainstream. They are an elite group of resource-hoarding nations.
U4ikLefty
May 2012
#19
NATO to spend billions on nuclear weapons overhaul - convenient for defense contractors
Fire Walk With Me
May 2012
#21