Forum Post: If you notice, there are no counter-demonstrators
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 19, 2011, 6:59 p.m. EST by frankchurch1
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Rebecca Solnit notices this. There are always counter-demonstrators in every major effort. That there is little here must mean the movement is highly supported--maybe not all the stuff, but the spirit of it, which is a marvelous start.
And one time I met a counter demonstrator but then once they found out they could eat free food at OccupyWallStreet, she was quickly converted to a 99% lol
Here in Charlottesville, VA, there is. The local Tea Partiers, copying our setting up occupation of a local park, have made their own application to occupy another part just two blocks from ours.
VA doesn't really count..lol
I think the problem here is there is nothing to "counter". What does this movement stand for? It's still trying to define what is stands for other than supposedly representing "the 99%". So do you expect the "1% billionaires" to counter this protest by sleeping in the streets? All it is so far is an "occupation" - which I would argue the counter to that is the NYPD and the landlord. They've been pretty active.
^This.
Why would you assume, frankchurch1, that dv8 is "just pouting"? Maybe his/her fight for freedom just takes a different form.
Thank you AnneRidley - I really did not know how to respond to the accusation of "just pouting". What is that all about?
You got me...
"What does this movement stand for?"
It stands for the true constitutional values that make this nation great.
It stands for more effective governance of our union and less ineffective governance.
It stands for Americans that don't have legs, and sadly can not stand themselves.
It stands for shaping America's future, but never forgetting its past.
It stands on the streets of every major city, and will withstand any attack on our fundamental right to protest.
It stands to reason that we will have our demands prepared by the time our politicians are ready listen.
Until then,.we will not sit back and wait for our problems to go away.
We will stand!
Agreed! Also, if every "major effort" has a counter protest, it must mean that this is not a major effort.
Better that you thank them for fighting for your freedom, while you just pout.
What is there to counter? The "movement" is so nebulous that the counter-demonstration would pretty much take the form of apathy. OWS is a group of frustrated people with about a hundred different grievances. So anyone who feels apathetic to it IS counter-demonstrating.
Apathy is no winning solution.
Who said it was?
Or maybe we are busy WORKING? Just a thought.
Don't worry, the jobs will all be gone soon.
That's funny because my job is finding people jobs and I seem to be doing just fine :) We just don't hire people with non-transferable skills and/or lazy vagrants.
Naturally your doing fine in your job. do you think it's due to the millions of unemployed lmao. the 9% unemployed figure isn't accurate in any way. your comeback replies are rather weak!!
Was it wrong for Martin King to protest?
Excuse me, I think MLK had a very clear and stated purpose. Please do not compare your movement or your cause to Martin Luther King. It's insulting to his memory.
You're comparing these people to MLK? Because he had a vision. Not just lots of feelings.
They have a vision, you just don't agree with the vision, as the FBI and Southern Sheriffs didn't dig his.
Okay. What is the vision?
For government and Wall Street to stop colluding against the rest of us.
Really is that the "vision" for a group that is looking for a statement and list of demands? I thought it was to "tax the rich" or "stop the war" or "end capitalism", "stop foreclosures"..... I don't think anyone at any point on this thread actually stated they did not agree with the vision. I think you're confused Frank.
It's a start. You and Anne should watch this;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkXhF2DJ7fc
If it were that simple and coherent, a greater number of people might get behind you.
They are--99 percent, remember?
Not yet, dude.
I'm replying to the message below (the thread won't let me reply directly - sorry).
I'm an assistant in the publishing industry. I make just under $32,000 per year. I'd rather not go into any more detail than that.
What do you do for a living, Anne?
What does this have to do with MLK? She never said it was wrong for people to protest.
This. The counter movement are the ones who continue on with their lives...
Putting your heads in the sand is living! I'd rather be dead. This explains Jersey Shore.
Then why don't you just die than complaining you aren't given enough to live?
Tell the rich to quit robbing us.
Maybe because there are no official demand to be countered?
How do you counter nothing?
How do you counter a Love In? Bus in Red Necks?
Wake me up when Wavy Gravy gets there.
Colonel Wilkerson, save us:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=VW0slYm0B_o
Skip that idiotic libertarian commercial