A confrontation in Washington's Freedom Plaza shows how a movement grows
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Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011 2:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Occupy DC listens and learns
A confrontation in Washington's Freedom Plaza shows how a movement grows
By Jefferson Morley
Freedom Plaza encounter
A man named Kevin engages Occupy DC -- and wins (Credit: Jefferson Morley)
Topics:Occupy Wall Street
Two confrontations at the Occupy DC sites in Washington on Tuesday showed the movement grappling with — and enlarging — its understanding of free speech. While there is no reality to the right-wing media attacks on the movement as “anti-Semitic” (the McPherson Square occupation had its own sukkah for celebrating the Jewish holiday of sukkot), occupiers increasingly find themselves confronted by critics in person. How the protesters responded in