Posted by floatingbridge on November 10, 2011, at 19:32:26
In reply to Re: The top 1%, posted by Dinah on November 10, 2011, at 14:25:53
I don't see this as class warfare. I suppose when any group gathers to protest or air grievances, there are a number that resort to a premade unexamined rhetoric. I get my news online, and little of it, so I haven't seen angry mobs, nor have I seen violent behavior, except in Oakland. That outburst marred an otherwise civil protest. I did see a photo of someone defecating on a police car. I really can't justify that behavior. My understanding is that by and large these gatherings are civil and attended and witnessed (often with approbation) by ordinary people who have found the dialogue in this country sorely lacking, and have decided to show up and let their presence count. Peaceful assembly has always been a right in this country. If corporations are people, then maybe it is the one percent of corporations that are to be demanded accountable.
I do not look at the broader strokes of this movement that might be peopled by the lunatic fringe but what ordinary young people and their guiding intellectuals are trying to accomplish: a true debate, a chance to enter into a dialogue in which a more common interest can have a say on the terms of the dialogue, not one where the terms are handed from the top down or prespun or scrambled by Fox News.
The occupation in my small town has been uneventful but intrepid. There largest accomplishment to date has been persuading people to transfer their banking to our two community credit unions that have a proven commitment to our community. I approve.
I dig a pony.
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