With the horizontal structure of Occupy, will it mean less or more chances of a bad actor

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13. I participated in a GA for OccupyKochTown in which this question was a high priority when the

de facto coalition of Occupies and Sierra Club were preparing to visit Koch HQ.

Sierra Club worked for and with the Occupy and they were concerned about their ability to function, at other times when they are not with OccupyWichita, educating on pipeline issues within their community.

Young, more radical, Occupies out of Oklahoma were there and they were concerned about their autonomy over their own message in order to identify HOW and when the SPECIFIC NATURE of the DIFFERENCE between the Occupy movement and TPB forms of power IS the message.

Sierrans participating in the GA expressed honor for the necessity of non-violent peaceful demonstrations and also their concerns for the likely possibility of disrupters within the movement who can damage the Occopiers' intended message.

Other occupiers validated the importance of an authentic counter to TPB, observed that the Oklahoma occupies MUST make their OWN decisions about ANY action in which they participate, and the fact that if we don't start trusting one another we will never trust one another.

From that point forward the GA discussion became a focus on the logistics of proceeding to Koch HQ, a few talking points that should be communicated, how the speaking would proceed from within the Occupy, and who the counter-demonstraters would be when we arrived KHQ.