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Occupy Underground

mopinko

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6. maybe their local occupy groups are flagging, too.

Reply to ellenrr (Original post)

Wed Jul 9, 2014, 08:16 AM

Jul 2014

mine is a joke. nothing but a lot of carping, much of it quite displaced. tho they have brought some attention to worthwhile issues, they mostly are just cranks who hate the alderman. one of the most decent politicians i know. and the kindest. and the most inclusive. and have thereby alienated most of the local progressives that WERE on their side.
i suspect a lot of local groups ended up walking down a similar cul-de-sc.

if their own groups were working, it would show up here.
i'm pretty disappointed in the movement. such a great start.

we can certainly thank them for lighting the candle, tho. it IS still burning.

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Why are the forums that I favor - occupy, progressive, labor, women, etc so non-active? [View all] ellenrr Jul 2014 OP

Don't know about all, but "safe havens" have no controversy pipoman Jul 2014 #1

in my experience there is a lot to talk about - minus controversy for the sake of controversy ellenrr Jul 2014 #4

My experience is that none of those disagreements are allowed pipoman Jul 2014 #5

I don't have any news sources for these topics specifically Demeter Jul 2014 #2

well I have not experienced 'dive-bombing' on the forums I mentioned. ellenrr Jul 2014 #3

maybe their local occupy groups are flagging, too. mopinko Jul 2014 #6

I think the loners forum is the least active of all. CrispyQ Jul 2014 #7

Du has changed a lot over the years. Joe Shlabotnik Jul 2014 #8

thanks. thoughtful analysis. ellenrr Jul 2014 #9

Joe, if you can answer this w/o getting yourself in trouble with the Powers: ellenrr Jul 2014 #12

Very much resonate with your words. truedelphi Jan 2015 #23

I agree with your concerns, and with much others have said above. snot Jul 2014 #10

I agree. It's one of the reasons I am an infrequent visitor here.. ellenrr Jul 2014 #11

Not a lot of people on DU seem to care about activism. Chathamization Sep 2014 #13

I agree! there is this facebook group about getting single-payer- ellenrr Sep 2014 #14

Probably not as active ... captfoster5 Sep 2014 #15

Yes, the internet could be a huge boon for activism. From my experience, some ways it could help Chathamization Sep 2014 #16

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2014 #17

Re: lenrely Dec 2014 #18

I have an idea that if all the thinking people on du were to stop reacting to trolls, ellenrr Dec 2014 #19

95% of the posts also seem to come from about 5% of the users. Post limits would be nice. Some Chathamization Jan 2015 #25

I really like the idea of posting a link that is clickable into the header. truedelphi Jan 2015 #22

well, I don't know if this will make you feel any better but I'd like to see more criticism of media Bill USA Dec 2014 #20

thanks bill, I didn't even know there WAS a media forum... ellenrr Dec 2014 #21

Anthropology? ... I didn't uncover that one (ha-ha). I agree, it sounds interesting! You might Bill USA Jan 2015 #24