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Originally Posted by Daradon
Missed your reply, and I can't add too much more than what I've already said. I did like your response though and I totally get it, I just have to disagree on the mood of the protest I guess. You feel the purpose or message is vague, I feel it is large and hard to define, but still very important. As I've said a few times, I was one of the first to comment on the first Occupy thread that I felt the movement needed a more concise message. I totally get where you are coming from.
But as a few have said better than I, I guess it's just about empowerment, fairness, and as I said, democracy. It's not my movement, I can't define someone else's message. And I think that's the point. It's truly leaderless. Void of someone or something taking it over. Impervious of having a political party use it like the Tea Party movement. But don't make the mistake of thinking that just because it doesn't have a leader, or a candidate, or a list of demands, or the desire to overthrow the government, that it isn't worthwhile. It's the people who don't get noticed talking together loud enough to be noticed.
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I have to ask, is being noticed a worthwhile enough cause? I'm seeing a lot of parallels between the current 'Occupy' movement and the live8 concerts from a few years ago. A lot of noise being made (End Poverty Now! Starving children is wrong!) with very little follow through.
To me it seems that awareness of an issue is only step one, yet this whole movement is revolving around everyone shouting their specific issue all at once and nobody being able to work past that step. I get that everyone wants/needs to be heard, but is that really enough? Simply pointing out that you're unhappy with something while offering no real solution or making any attempt to work towards a resolution?
The cynic in me feels labeling Live8 as
Private Jets for Climate Change was completely fair. Is the OccupyLocation movement just going to end up being
Lots of Noise for Something or Other?
Yes, you are the 99%, but so am I. And my tax dollars are flipping the bill for your clean up while the 1% smokes cuban cigars at the country club and laughs while they still don't pay their share of taxes.