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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Well I've got a feeling that if the Occupiers were doing this in a legal manner, then everyone would just find the next crux to vent about - probably being smelly hippies, left-wing "give me stuff" attitudes, or demanding everything but the kitchen sink.
Now I don't support Occupy Calgary (anymore). But I'm wondering if the same vitriol would be spewed if the protesters were arguing for greater royalties from oil sands development, or lower taxes from the City of Calgary. Somehow I think the whole illegal camping would not be as big of an issue.
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Well outside of the "smelly hippies" thing those are legitimate points. Look at the messages coming out of this group, there's absolutely no semblance of action or actual goals, it's a bunch of inane rambling and deserves to be pointed out as such.
That leads well into your second point, a key difference with the examples you cite is that they are actual goals, not vague idealism masquerading as a protest. Even then, the vast majority of people in this thread have made it quite clear that your right to express your opinion doesn't trump the rights of others. Most people on this site, and in life in general, are quite clear on that point in a variety of contexts.
It seems to me that you've decided what the response would be without any actual basis to do so.