Thread: Occupy Dreamviews

I'm quiet the opposite of negative, come talk to us sometime and see.

Come talk to us; what does come talk to us mean, who's us?
Post a link to something positive about you, in here. I'm interested.

add something to the conversation about occupy wallstreet and the movement or you are trolling

"Mayor Quan fenced off the entire lawn, only allowing Oakland protesters to occupy the concrete area in the park. Occupy Oakland thought the fence would look better if it was put up like this..."





thats a nice fence

In other news, occupy denver is having a rough day

Yeah I heard Denver was having it rough.

I wish Anonymous could go after day trading and take down the stock network, and then the Occupiers could block the buildings and disrupt the physical trading.

Just because I'm a little shit-stirrer... Here's another "let them eat cake" story:

Top Foreclosure Firm Threw Homeless-Themed Halloween Bash

I had no idea the Occupy Wall Street movement is getting this big...it's exciting. Liberals vs Conservatives, I read this would happen

I got an e-mail of an Occupy protest happening downtown near my city on Saturday, in front of the main banks, and I'm thinking of going. Probably won't also be able to move my money to a different bank/credit union though.

Originally Posted by DeeryTheDeer

Probably won't also be able to move my money to a different bank/credit union though.

Why not?

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To quote Mr. Brando, "oh the horror". Or in this case, 'oh the hippies!'. Both being the same though.

Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

Yeah I heard Denver was having it rough.

I wish Anonymous could go after day trading and take down the stock network, and then the Occupiers could block the buildings and disrupt the physical trading.

You can't block off people from entering and exiting their own property.

What's wrong with day trading? Lets close casinos and lotteries while we're at it.

This whole fiasco is making less and less sense. Reminds me of the Children's Crusade.

Because day traders are actually an exclusive, secretive cult who want to see the world burn. Not just members of the public who invest their own money in what they think are worthwhile businesses.

No you're right, the rhetoric is often so fucking incoherent and inane that Omnis Dei even came out with the 'act first, think later' line to defend some of it.

Originally Posted by Xei

No you're right, the rhetoric is often so fucking incoherent and inane that Omnis Dei even came out with the 'act first, think later' line to defend some of it.

Hey, nothing bad ever came from large mobs acting first and thinking later!

Originally Posted by Xei

Because day traders are actually an exclusive, secretive cult who want to see the world burn. Not just members of the public who invest their own money in what they think are worthwhile businesses.

No you're right, the rhetoric is often so fucking incoherent and inane that Omnis Dei even came out with the 'act first, think later' line to defend some of it.

Wrong, I'm defending people that prefer taking action when they don't understand what's going on rather than ridicule what they do not understand. We're at war for our economic future. Interrupting people from entering the buildings would free the stock market, holding it hostage.

Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

Interrupting people from entering the buildings would free the stock market, holding it hostage.

Are you aware of the massive doublethink you just spouted?

Here's a great presentation.. though not directly linked to OWS or any other movement, it seems very relevant in a fundamental way. Why should inequity just at face value be protested? Here's one answer:

Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies | Video on TED.com

Root causes of said inequities are still left to be determined, but the video here addresses some of the Rush Limbaugh-type thinking that people should be free to make as much money as they possibly can by any means necessary, as well as the view that 'redistributionists' are only trying to grab more benefits for their own selfish reasons.

Originally Posted by IndieAnthias

Root causes of said inequities are still left to be determined, but the video here addresses some of the Rush Limbaugh-type thinking that people should be free to make as much money as they possibly can by any means necessary,

wat

Must we always split hairs?

Originally Posted by IndieAnthias

Must we always split hairs?

You seem to be implying that conservatives think it would be okay to make money by means of fraud or theft or some other criminal means. Please clarify your position.

Seven people were arrested at OccupyDallas. The crime? They were protesting and took a step off the public sidewalk because they couldn't fit. So the cops snatched them up. The seventh however was simply arrested on the spot simply because he showed up. The cops, believing he is somehow the leader, spotted him, isolated him and took him away. Another man was pushed off a four foot rise and pepper sprayed. At least two people were smacked by batons.

The group literally didn't do anything except show up at 1pm like they promised at Bank of America. I was running ten minutes late, and by the time I got there everything already took place.

Two weeks ago, when our group was somewhere around 350 people, we marched in the streets. But after seeing our friends arrested just for having one foot outside the sidewalk, we knew the game has completely changed. We continued the protest to the rest of the local banks. But we strictly followed the street signs to tell us when to cross the street. No jaywalking else the cops would arrest us. Though as someone said, they could have sworn jaywalking was a fine and not an arrest...........

By far today was the largest group of cops I've seen yet, it felt like they outnumbered us. I've never been so intimidated by the cops before. And its ridiculous really, what do they think were gonna do? Two weeks ago I protested right next to cop cars, even right next to the cop driving. Today I was scared to be in arms reach or to leave the safety of the group.

Originally Posted by juroara

Seven people were arrested at OccupyDallas. The crime? They were protesting and took a step off the public sidewalk because they couldn't fit. So the cops snatched them up. The seventh however was simply arrested on the spot simply because he showed up. The cops, believing he is somehow the leader, spotted him, isolated him and took him away. Another man was pushed off a four foot rise and pepper sprayed. At least two people were smacked by batons.

The group literally didn't do anything except show up at 1pm like they promised at Bank of America. I was running ten minutes late, and by the time I got there everything already took place.

Two weeks ago, when our group was somewhere around 350 people, we marched in the streets. But after seeing our friends arrested just for having one foot outside the sidewalk, we knew the game has completely changed. We continued the protest to the rest of the local banks. But we strictly followed the street signs to tell us when to cross the street. No jaywalking else the cops would arrest us. Though as someone said, they could have sworn jaywalking was a fine and not an arrest...........

By far today was the largest group of cops I've seen yet, it felt like they outnumbered us. I've never been so intimidated by the cops before. And its ridiculous really, what do they think were gonna do? Two weeks ago I protested right next to cop cars, even right next to the cop driving. Today I was scared to be in arms reach or to leave the safety of the group.

That's just fucking depressing. We don't live in a "free country" or even a democracy at all, do we? When is some action gonna be taken about these cops? When/how will this crap change?

Makes me wish I showed up downtown today.

Originally Posted by cmind

You seem to be implying that conservatives think it would be okay to make money by means of fraud or theft or some other criminal means. Please clarify your position.

I would assert this about anyone criticizing occupy wallstreet.

Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

I would assert this about anyone criticizing occupy wallstreet.