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Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 12:04 am
by Bellyheart
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moD2JnGTToA[/youtube]
Occupy Wall St.

Re: Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:10 am
by warwick.hoy
I've been following this casually. Hard to find any mainstream news on it.

Re: Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:11 am
by CaptainWampum
Can't believe this isn't everywhere. I'd be with 'em if I could.

Re: Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:45 am
by warwick.hoy
Yeah me too. I stand with their ideals,...and I have to say that of all the footage I've seen there isn't a single broken window, nor a single building, car or trashcan on fire. I don't think this the same hooliganism that we saw in London or Vancouver. I think we have a group of people that are truly fed up with policies such as Citizens United and this plutocracy cleverly disguised as a democracy we live in.

Re: Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:52 am
by warwick.hoy
Also,...here is a slomo of that tattoo girl getting maced in the face.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ05rWx1pig[/youtube]

Re: Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:17 am
by alexa.
Respect.

Re: Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:40 am
by metalmariachi
Citizens United's goal is to restore the founding fathers' vision of a free nation, guided by the honesty, common sense, and good will of its citizens.

yeah that's scary compared to socialism.

MM

Re: Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:51 am
by warwick.hoy
I'm more referring to the Supreme Court decision that essentially lifted all corporate restrictions on Electioneering.

RE: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Re: Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:32 am
by Bassus Sanguinis
metalmariachi wrote:Citizens United's goal is to restore the founding fathers' vision of a free nation, guided by the honesty, common sense, and good will of its citizens.

yeah that's scary compared to socialism.

MM


Can't place trust in good will of citizens. But I sure as hell would not trust the capitalist hegemony either.

Re: Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:56 am
by warwick.hoy
So many people with so many opinions but the one thing I think we can agree on is that the status quo cannot continue.

Re: Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 12:26 pm
by Bellyheart
Absolutely, a lot of the youtube comments are showing that people don't agree on certain items, however, as a General Assembly, to concur on the most general of topics is the goal.

Re: Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 12:32 pm
by Jwar
warwick.hoy wrote:Also,...here is a slomo of that tattoo girl getting maced in the face.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ05rWx1pig[/youtube]


I'm sorry but that's fucking hilarious.

Re: Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:01 pm
by D.o.S.
It's definitely a nice story, but I'm curious to see what the ultimate change-to-posturing ratio of this event & sentiment will be.

Re: Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:47 pm
by CaptainWampum
jwar wrote:
warwick.hoy wrote:Also,...here is a slomo of that tattoo girl getting maced in the face.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ05rWx1pig[/youtube]


I'm sorry but that's fucking hilarious.


How is that hilarious? It's disgusting, and it's helped keep me furious for days.

Re: Occupy Wallstreet

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:18 pm
by dubkitty
they blocked the street, and then tried to break the police barricade. they deserved to get maced. the Civil Rights protestors of the 50s and 60s, who were actually fighting for something worthwhile, had to face cops with clubs, police dogs, tear gas, and terrorist attacks like the Birmingham church bombing and the shootings of Medgar Evers and James Meredith. i'm supposed to get whiny because a handful of yappy college girls got exactly what they provoked just to get attention and posture in a way that HAD no effect, and WILL HAVE absolutely no effect? the notion that people are so fed up with "capitalist hegemony" that they're going to race into the streets to follow a bunch of anarchists who aren't even old enough to drink yet? please. if they want to demonstrate against the cause of the problems in the economy, they need to move from Wall Street to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. nobody cares what fifty socialists say.