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Forum Post: The Establishment escalates its anti-Occupy D.C. rhetoric

Posted 12 years ago on Dec. 10, 2011, 8:45 a.m. EST by qazxsw123 (238)
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Looks like the 'parents' are fed up with the 'children' and are ready for action.

Read the talking points below.

What should be the rebuttal for each one of them?

• “Businesses are well past the patience point with Occupy D.C. ... The District is being abused by the Occupiers.”

• “McPherson Square will be a toxic waste dump for the next couple of years to clean that park up.”

• “People are reluctant to go downtown. ... This is tourist season and you want to attract people to the downtown area, not repel them.”

• “When you’re looking to attract that next 15 or 20,000-person convention ... these aren’t the images you want to see on TV.”

• “Unless someone begins to push back, this will continue to escalate. ... ‘Well, you got kicked out of Philly, come on down here. You got kicked out of New York, come on down here.’ No, don’t come down here!”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/the-establishment-escalates-its-anti-occupy-rhetoric/2011/12/09/gIQA84GviO_blog.html

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[-] 1 points by qazxsw123 (238) 12 years ago

How about?

  1. Abuse of District (OWS aims to get DC respect aka taxation WITH representation)
  2. Creation of toxic dump (just semantics, please look at K street's pushing toxic products)
  3. Loss of tourism $$ (aren't OWS accidental tourists?)
  4. Deterioration of DC image (ah! which neighborhood are we talking about exactly?)
  5. Attract the wrong kind of people (well, the option for the Republicans in Congress is to create real JOBS for the 99 percent--then, they might find themselves too busy to set up camps)
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[-] 1 points by ZenDogTroll (13032) from South Burlington, VT 12 years ago

  1. Identify those businesses that are adversely affected. Identify their role in the economic fabric, and make a conscious decision about:

    • how to support them when they are on our side

    • how to persuade them when they are on the fence

    • how to destroy them when they staunchly oppose us

  2. keep the goddamned square cleaned up I can't stress how import this is from a national perspective - the visuals as they are on tv are of very limited use

  3. is this true? Sounds like the people are already downtown, point out the obvious fact and its advantages

  4. good news, that's the point, just make sure the smaller business are seeing benefits and you have created division, use it. exploit it. expand it.

  5. encourage them to push back. it makes us stronger - just make sure you network with the local PD, and get them in our corner. Sow division. Exploit the divisions that exist. Expand them.

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[-] 1 points by demcapitalist (977) 12 years ago

Dc already is a toxic waste dump of X Goldman execs writing laws to give their pals fatter paychecks.

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