Disgust.
Anger.
Contempt.
Fear.
There aren't strong enough words in the English language to express my feelings watching this travesty.
This is purely fascism at work here. Corporations usurping the police and using them strictly for their own ends.
I'm done with this regime, and regime it is: it fails to be a legitimate administration in a free republic.
The use of the Homeland Security to coordinate police action against legitimate protesters for political purposes amounts to treason in my eyes.
Surely this is what it and the "Patriot" Act were truly installed for: political/police control of American citizens to prevent them from exercising
their Constitutional rights.
I thought one of the reasons the police use to validate their presence was to stop people from impeding traffic, yet what are
they doing but
precisely that?
The arrogant hypocrisy is overwhelming.
Sadly I see no way out short of violence.
Not once since this began have I heard a single significant politician offer to address any on the concerns voiced by OWS.
Not one single
attempt to address anything. It seems the only plan they have is to wait for them to go away. Guess what: that ain't gonna happen.
To those who claim that moving to violence will destroy any credibility or legitimacy, I would like to point out that quite the opposite is true.
Libya and Syria stand as examples of legitimate violence against oppression. The days of peaceful protest end when peaceful protest is utterly ignored
and the regime in place refuses to acknowledge it, must less negotiate.
Revolution is in the air: the winds of change are blowing, carrying sparks of violence. That violence wasn't begun by the protesters, but by police
willingly misused by the corporate regimes pretending to be representatives of the people. There is still a minuscule chance of peaceful revolution,
but it fades by the day, soon by the hour, and ultimately will come down to a minute's choice. Choose wrongly and the revolution will begin in violent
earnest.
I have no more faith in the American political/judicial/government process. I have called, written, begged and pleaded with my congresscritters for
years on a daily basis to no avail, sometimes several times a day I've called. I've signed petitions, voted, and done every single thing I and others
could think of to help change things for the better, only to have every effort fall upon deaf ears.
When Custer's body was found, it had sewing awls punched through both ears, in hope he might hear better in the next life. Perhaps that should be the
fate and mark of those who refuse to listen now.
America, I weep for thee.
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