reply to post by Ex_CT2
I appreciate what you're saying, but I really don't care if you resent what I'm saying about the movement having criminals and fugitives right in with
the peaceful and well meaning protesters. It happens to be the TRUTH and it's evidenced by repeated stories of fugitives and criminals being nailed in
camps from coast to coast.
We don't know how many rapes and other crimes against persons are actually happening anymore since the OWS camps having the largest problems seem to
have decided that can all be handled internally.
I'm not making anything up and it isn't just wild guessing. Their own words, from their own mouths do it all by itself. If audio isn't available, the
signs so many are holding tell quite the story itself, and many are beyond simply protest but fighting words or inciting violence.
One I'd recently seen in a story was "Kill Whitey" by a...white man. I found it hilarious that he apparently didn't take a moment to read the sign he
picked up...but it isn't so funny that someone WROTE that and they sure did know what they were printing out.
In all fairness, I have and continue to draw a bright line between the well intentioned protesters and the scumbag criminals that have chosen to
mingle in with them and basically tear apart the OWS from the inside out. There NEEDS to be a clear line drawn because the protesters aren't the
majority of the problems we're seeing at all. They simply aren't getting the job done in EVICTING those that are the problem.
THIS part I saw personally, repeatedly and with serious issues I'd love to get into some day when it won't hurt individual people still in that
situation today. We ALL see it repeated on the public stage, every day lately. As much as OWS would LOVE to pretend they're in a fantasy land where
this isn't happening all around them and IN THEIR NAME, it sure is..and they own the nightmare it's becoming.
It HAS NOT crossed lines yet that cannot be repaired for public opinion and support. OWS COULD still turn things around to some degree by evicting
EVERYONE of the trouble makers killing the image for the camps and the overall movement.
The 100% certainty I carry that this WILL NOT happen is why I now oppose OWS as it stands today, after strongly supporting them at one point.
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