Forum Post: Occupiers certainly do not believe in freedom
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 10, 2011, 10:48 p.m. EST by thomasmiller
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As a free society we enjoy free speech, free press and, most notably, free elections. When election time comes around, we can rest assured the election process will be free. However, the Occupy movement in recent days has insisted on disrupting the election process which is a practice most common in third world countries.
My question is when it comes to freedom, why do Occupiers only seem to support it when its in their favor? It seems to me that a shooting which happens in their illegal campsites wont be allowed to be covered by the news. A candidate they do not favor is yelled down.
If one thing is abundantly clear to me, Occupiers do not believe in freedom.
we're exercising free speech by having this dialogue via blogs right now, thanks to OWS, we're using the sh@t out our free speech to talk about important things together for the first time in a long time. Thankyou OWS. Thomasmiller, although i do not share your opinion, I would defend your right to voice it with my life. P.S. you're part of the 99%.
I stopped reading after the first line and I'd like to adjust it to make it more accurate.
"As a Corporately Owned Society we enjoy Shouting Matches, a Bought Press and, most notably, Rigged Elections."
There, that's better.
Do you honestly believe the election process is rigged or the press is really bought? Honestly. When has the press ever been kind to anyone?
George Bush's first term as President was Illegal. The Supreme Court does not have the Jurisdiction to Declare a winner.
And the Press is 100% bought. All of them are owned by Corporations that are the heart of the problem.
trolls, gotta love 'em
OWSers do not believe in individual freedom because they are herd animals and mentaly ill.
"thomasmiller" = TROLL
I see three themes here: the obnoxious, the whining, and the selfish.
[the following reflects responses posted] Ah, gotta love the positive progressive (an entirely oxymoronic phrase). The glass never half full nor half empty; rather, your glass will never be as shrewd as mine.
Another technique of the occupiers to squelch free speech by saying someone's speech is "trollish" and therefore should be censored by the mods.
Not free speech, just ASININE speech.
+1 this message.