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In reply to the discussion: Occupy Cleveland canceled May Day protest plans to march in the city because of this: [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)14. Isn't that what consensus is--a borg of sorts?
These anarchist fools and blac bloc troublemakers ARE making the rest of the Occupiers, who are doing some very important things of benefit to society, look BAD.
You can whistle in the dark and insist otherwise, but that won't change the perceptions across America. CNN is calling the bridge bozos "Part of the Occupy Movement"---and that kind of characterization is just not helpful. Someone purporting to be a "spokesman" for Occupy Cleveland is actually calling these people "Fringe Members" of Occupy.
Repudiation of these idiots is the way to go.
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Occupy Cleveland canceled May Day protest plans to march in the city because of this: [View all]
freshwest
May 2012
OP
We have a few blame memes in this country that have gotten completely out of hand and are untrue.
freshwest
May 2012
#6
Manipulated storylines - just like VVAW was infiltrated by RW agents in the 60s to discredit
blm
May 2012
#7
It seems that Occupy is more vulnerable than those movements. But we have to remember how long those
freshwest
May 2012
#8
No it was not. You need to stop telling people what they think about things and how they feel about
MADem
May 2012
#18
No they don't. And if those are your examples of "unpraiseworthy" posts, your skin is paper thin.
MADem
May 2012
#20
Point-n-mock works well. If a hundred (or two hundred) people surround, isolate and shout at
MADem
May 2012
#25
Force, Schmorce. Pointing and mocking and yelling at lawbreakers is "unlawful force?"
MADem
May 2012
#27
"You seem very angry" is what people say when they don't have a meaningful answer to the points
MADem
May 2012
#35
You continue to try to make this about me. Waaah, you're angry, waaaah, you're projecting!
MADem
May 2012
#39
It's obvious that you don't have a clue about what Occupiers in the streets are doing...
pinboy3niner
May 2012
#52