Forum Post: Part 1 Where to go now

I have a few minor/major suggestions that i really think will help focus and push this movement forward.

First, for many of you that have become very emotional for how the press has slanted this, try not to speak to a camera or a radio. The voice of this movement should represent the people, however, this is something that is very personal to everyone and when the media engages something so emotional they are bound to illicit a response that isn't exactly what this movement is about. We need to remember that is wasn’t long ago when the tea party was brought to light as a racist and bigot group of conservatives that has since proved to be far from true.

All official Occupy (fill your city here) facebook and websites should restrain from taking an official political side. I understand that this is a mostly socially liberal founded group but this has completely no political ties, and you should treat it as such. This applies also to the poor wording towards the tea party; which should be considered an ally in this movement, as they essentially represent the same underlying facts that are present in this movement. Together we might not agree with everything the Tea Party does, but the fact that they can help create the push needed since they are already in political positions is very beneficial for us. This also applies to the difficulty of singling out democrats vs. republicans in terms of both sides doing things wrong. We cannot be afraid to explain what the president (and former) and democratic congress have done wrong just as much as we have about the republicans. No side of this battle is clear from blame, and we shouldn’t be afraid to stand united and say they are all to blame and the “buck” stops with every one of them.

The second thing needed is a symbol. Symbols are powerful, symbols transcend words just as music does; it can make the world understand our frustration with this government just as they might sometimes be. I have seen plenty of symbols shown but one that has always stuck with me since sept 19th when I heard about this movement was the picture of the closed fist. It has been used a lot, but with a really good symbol we could definitely create a really good push and show that we are more than organized but we have started to develop and form into an actual party of people with the same ideas. This symbol unfortunately needs to eventually come with one other thing before election time 2012 – a face. The movement is representative of all the people and it is very hard to choose someone that can clearly represent all the vast ideas people have but if we narrow down the ideas from the huge spectrum they encompass now to just a grouped selection of vague ideas we can have someone who is representative of those ideas and who can speak loudly and clearly enough for the whole world to hear. Every movement has a face, (ie. MLK Jr, Frederick Douglas, Susan B. Anthony, Maya Angelou) and there will come a time in the near future where we will need a face.