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In reply to the discussion: Many of us are still going to protest. Some might not like our "tactics". [View all]backscatter712
(26,355 posts)6. Their concern is touching, isn't it? n/t
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Many of us are still going to protest. Some might not like our "tactics". [View all]
mmonk
Dec 2011
OP
Absolutely. We've tried playing nice, writing letters, voting, going to town-halls.
backscatter712
Dec 2011
#1
Go. Save the nation. This has already changed things permanently. I love Occupy.
roguevalley
Dec 2011
#68
Watch out for the anti-OWS crowd in here. There code is "OWS is hurting their own message"
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#4
Please expain how it is becoming a religion? And what do you recommend instead? Status quo? nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#11
Oh, you mean how there's overwhelming scientific evidence that climate change exists, unlike
RandomKoolzip
Dec 2011
#20
Funny, that's the same logic DU's Obama supporters refuse to acknowledge.
RandomKoolzip
Dec 2011
#30
You are demeaning OWS. "little groups going off on their own thing". Whose side are you on?
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#45
Your claim that they will accomplish nothing is forgetting that they already have. They have
jwirr
Dec 2011
#103
WE already know that but there are a lot people who did not know that. It also highlighted the
jwirr
Dec 2011
#108
Apparently some people think a "religion" is "something I like a whole lot."
RandomKoolzip
Dec 2011
#144
Really? You think academic grant money compares to oil+chemical lobbyist money?
RandomKoolzip
Dec 2011
#33
Yes nothing changes, you lose every time when you don't have the facts on your side.
Bjorn Against
Dec 2011
#63
It would have been very easy to avoid this if you'd refrained from calling global warming a religion
JVS
Dec 2011
#99
Unfortunately just about every competent scientist studying human-induced global climate change...
Raster
Dec 2011
#101
Actions have consequences. That is a very conservative statement that should make you very happy.
jwirr
Dec 2011
#105
Tell you what: let's test whether we humans have control of the atmosphere on a small scale first.
RandomKoolzip
Dec 2011
#146
Your first two statements conflict. You support OWS if they did it different, means you dont
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#51
Do you understand the concept of civil disobedience? If so, explain why you dont agree the ports
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#57
Civil disobedience is usually directed at groups or institutions responsible...
randome
Dec 2011
#60
Wow, I've read silly stuff at DU over the years, but this is up there.
Pacifist Patriot
Dec 2011
#93
Hmmm. you do not sound like you have ever supported OWS. Religion - it takes much longer than
jwirr
Dec 2011
#100
Yeah, and I have a statue of the Global Warming Goddess that I pray to every night.
RoccoR5955
Dec 2011
#111
Calling global warming a "religion" is like calling gravity just a "theory"
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Dec 2011
#128
I believe they always had a message, but many are too clueless or in denial to recognize it. nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#140
How do you appeal to the 99% you claim to represent if you do use more violent tactics?
applegrove
Dec 2011
#56
I remember seeing where Kennedy invited Dr. King and others into the WH for a series of discussions
bigtree
Dec 2011
#86
We can afford to ignore our critics but can't afford not to be heard by those that hold power.
mmonk
Dec 2011
#19
The pricks in control do not honor our rights or the Constitution so why should we
Lint Head
Dec 2011
#9
Those who tend to 'concern' themselves with this haven't lost enough yet...
Earth_First
Dec 2011
#34
They are the same poor saps that believe capitalism can be reformed... nt
Modern_Matthew
Dec 2011
#66
The second your sister loses her job, the second some life threatening illness pops
truedelphi
Dec 2011
#126
You make a good point, though in a sense you are throwing the baby out with the bath
truedelphi
Dec 2011
#127