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Originally Posted by Daradon
So these other protesters don't rebuild their communities at other times? The dozen caught on camera now are suddenly more committed than others?
It's kind of funny, that the spotlight that said protest cast, you use to show the good deeds of others. If we all want to be as negative of the movement as you, I could easily extrapolate these people don't usually rebuild parks and these companies don't usually fund it, they are just using the argument to do it.
Of course that's not right. And it's not right either ways. Many of these protesters help out outside the glare of lights and camera, and many of these companies truly help their communities.
Your original sentences indicate why many people are upset. They see it as an 'Us vs. Them' dichotomy. And I will agree, based on the attitudes of many protesters, it often seems like that. But based on the actions of business and government, it really seems like that.
Truly, in Calgary or most of Canada today, we aren't fighting anything. I like the path. But, it's not perfect, there are problems, and we're bringing light to different issues. You ask, well why don't you do you job and donate time or money outside? The point is WE DO. We do just like you. We do just like the example above. To assume the protesters are lazy, or jobless, or don't give their time is boorish and untrue.
Anyone could have set up today and said, 'well look what we did, instead of protesting.' And you know what? If that was truly their attitude, it was because of the light that the protesters shined on the city.
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Sorry, but I have my doubts that many in the Occupy movement volunteer to benefit their communities in any meaningful way.
How many of those Occupying St Patricks Island give of their time? How many of those Occupying banks, parks, restaurants, etc. in NYC give of their time?
I suspect that a 'civil disobedience' is ALL that most protesters in this movement can even claim as their contribution to making their communities better places to live.
It's easy and in many instances, it gives you a chance to "break stuff".
It's YOUR group that won't do a thing without the glare of social and conventual media shining on them. Take that away and most 'followers' in the Occupy movement would disappear.