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Occupy...What?
At first, it was 'censored'. Not many news stations were broadcasting it and no newspapers were printing it. The only way the word was getting around was by blogs and obviously, YouTube. In fact, that is how I heard about it, watching the Phillip DeFranco shoe about two or three weeks ago.
Now the protests are massive; tons of people took over the Brooklyn Bridge just a couple of days ago. The arrests are also massive. 700 people have been arrested, and some have even been beaten or sprayed with pepper spray. Sounds like a protest in a third world country, right?
In a way, I kind of agree with some of the messages put out there by Occupy Wall St. Where are the jobs? What happened to the economy? Why to some people make tons of money, and others lose so much?
Overall, I find these protests fascinating. The fact that they have gone on for four weeks is just incredible, and now the protests are spreading all over the country. From Georgia to California, you will hear about some sort of "Occupy" protest.
What are views on the Occupy Wall St. protests?
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Honestly, I do not view them in a very posistive light, from my own experience and the news coverage I have seen flash upon the T.V.
First my personal experience.
A few weeks, Cincinnati had an "Occupy Cincy". From what I've seen, they we were peaceful, and they did not stay very long and so therefore got their point out and were unobtrusive (well, as unobtrusive as people protesting in the center of the city)
What bothered me what they were demanding. Many, had signs implying that government should help the poor and pay for student loans.... basically, government should just help.
Now, I am more of a libertarian and do not think government should get more involved than they have to. Government should certainly not force people to give their tax dollars because "social justice",
On the flip side, I believe in social justice (well off people helping people who are not well off) but, I think people should give their time and money to places where they believe it should be spent.
So, in short, I just do not agree with most of the "occupers"
Now, as far as images go, all I see is a lost message in a scattering of tents.
Not to mention they mess up others dailey lives (as far as work) and some destroy property.
But, those are just my viewpoints:) I am not really against people who agree with the movement (a lot of friends went to "Occupy Cincy") but I do not agree with the movement.
I think to really change something you can't just protest it, you have to go in a change things yourself.
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