Really, the only place I'm seeing it debated is in here. Not much of national or world stage.
That's a good thing. The frame of the debate should be income inequality generally, not OWS movement specifically.
Gotta luv the way that the right fringe demonizes Acorn, as if registering poor people to vote is like the invasion of Poland, or a harbinger of the dictatorship of the proletariat.
Poor people are kinda scary- they're just like us, only they're poor. Might give reasonable people pause, reason to thank their lucky stars.
Nah. Fuck 'em. I got mine! Right, Spidey?
More honest? That's offensive for you to say.
To be perfectly honest, I've really stopped caring about trying to get the hardcore conservative Fox News brainwashed types to see the light. They aren't going to change, and will defend the GOP until their dying breaths. It's not even about finding a solution to them, it's 100% about defeating the "leftist socialist liberal commies".
The reality is this; they don't matter. They are and will always be a minority. It's the massive chunk of Americans sitting in the middle of the political spectrum that need to be coerced into action. One this starts happening the movement will take on a whole different kind of momentum.
LOL, Acorn was shut down. Many of their members were brought up and convicted of voter registration fraud. Obama even signed the bill that effectively cut all funding for Acorn. What a joke.
another 'isolated' OWS incident.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011...ing-after-occupy-group-splatters-blood-urine/
Should we start posting isolated incidents of us military forces blowing up kids in libya?
I saw a youtube video the other day of a little libyan boy w\ most of his jaw blown off, and a little girl w\ a huge chunk missing out of her ankle and various other wounds.
I mean.. if we want to bring up isolated incidents.
income inequality stems from the government not treating us all equally under the law. special groups and special interests shouldn't be given special treatment.
your right. high income earners pay more in taxes. low income owners pay little to no income taxes, plus some get money back.
SAN DIEGO (CBS) — A pair of Southland street cart vendors who were forced to shut down their businesses after “Occupy” protesters vandalized their carts are hoping to get some help from local residents.
“Both carts have had items stolen, have had their covers vandalized with markings and graffiti, as well as one of the carts had urine and blood splattered on it,” said Councilman Carl DeMaio.
And more "isolated" instances...
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/occupiers_terrorize_us_eatery_o4dKzxi3n03WyJWAJu4AhO
Show me where the Tea Party threatened businesses such as this.
Not quite- some of their former canvassers were convicted, often when the parent organization pointed out discrepancies to the govt.
http://www.acorn.org/
Obviously, you'll believe what you want to believe. It's the essence of modern conservatism.
A business owner near the Occupy Wall Street encampment claims she has been repeatedly harassed and threatened with bodily harm by protesters after she and her employees refused to give in to their outlandish demands.
“I’ve been told, ‘Watch your back!’ 10 times,” Stacey Tzortzatos, owner of Panini & Co. Breads, located across from Zuccotti Park, told The Post yesterday.
She and her employees are terrified by the constant threats, which she said began after she demanded the protesters stop using her shop’s restroom as a place to bathe every day.
The final straw came about two weeks ago, when the demonstrators broke a bathroom sink, flooding the shop, and clogged the toilet -- setting her back $3,000 in damages.
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She put up a sign that said the bathroom was out of order, but they tore it down shortly afterward, she said.
PHOTOS: WALL STREET PROTESTS
“I have the police in here 10 times a day, [and] I’m the bouncer. I’ve been called the spawn of the devil. “It’s unbelievable what goes on in here every day, ” Tzortzatos said.
And on Friday, she said, a crazed squatter burst into the shop and demanded that workers fill a 10-gallon container of water.
When they refused, “he banged it on the ground and started yelling” and threatened the staff, she said.
“He said he was entitled to have it for free.”
Tzortzatos said the unsafe conditions begin at around 5 p.m. every day, when “they come from the park drunk, under the influence of something.
“They use one of our doorways as a bathroom, and we have to scrub it down every morning.
“I’ve had people come in here and yell, ‘Boycott! Boycott!’
“They unplugged my ATM machine and plugged in their computers,” Tzortzatos said.
Another businessman, who complained to The Post about the squatters’ behavior last week, said yesterday that the situation has since deteriorated, adding, “You don’t know the half of it.”
But the protesters appear to be digging in, erecting three of what will eventually be more than two dozen, 16-by-16-foot military-style tents that will help them stave off hypothermia in the coming winter.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/...s_eatery_o4dKzxi3n03WyJWAJu4AhO#ixzz1d8wLNTTJ
Sorry craig, honest wasn't a good choice.