You're sexy. You're cute. Please take off that riot suit.

[JDPriestly]

The cry that won the night for Portland.

Congratulations Occupy Portland for staying nonviolent.

Thousands came into the streets to support you because you are speaking for them, camping for them, protesting for them, and being nonviolent for them.

And they know it.

So, Occupy Portland, stay sexy. Stay cute. Don't take off your protest suit.

[-..__...]

1. "Don't take off your protest suit"

At least get rid of those silly Guy Fawkes masks.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. I think the Guy Fawkes masks are one of the best things that came out of OWS!

The message is clear.

[Peregrine Took]

12. I LOVE the masks. Brilliant idea. n/t

[Sarah Ibarruri]

31. Me too! nt

[sabrina 1]

3. The masks are part of the movement, why would they

want to discard them? I love them and Anonymous!

[Hippo_Tron]

22. Maybe, because the idea came from a hollywood movie?

I don't really care one way or another whether they wear the Guy Fawkes masks, but I'd try to be a little more original than that.

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. I've had a little bit of an issue with that as well...

The fact that they're from a movie, and also the history of Guy Fawkes. I'd rather people dressed as Gandhi

[sabrina 1]

26. It's a symbol and a little more than that

and if people want to connect it to the movie, which has resonated with a lot of people, that is up to the individual. I believe there is a deeper reason for the use of the masks as there usually is with any symbol. Either you get it or you don't. It was obviously a good choice for a symbol, whatever the reason, considering the affection people have for it and the acceptance that it is part of the movement. I'm sure there were many people who did not like other movement symbols, didn't understand them or thought they were silly. What matters is what the majority feels about it.

[girl gone mad]

4. I like the masks.

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. NO :D

[Lorien]

20. Yes, you have made your opposition to the masks known many times before

enough already. The masks stay.

[ohheckyeah]

23. I think the masks make a great statement. n/t

[MineralMan]

5. You're sexy. You're cute. Let's see you in your birthday suit.

It's a little cold for that these days, though. :rofl:

[ZombieHorde]

7. I live your version very much. nt

[MineralMan]

8. Well, if you could get the cops to do that...

Seems unlikely, though.

I remember it working in reverse, though. During one protest in 1970, one of my roommates in this big old house where about a dozen of us lived was a young woman who was 6' 4" tall and absolutely gorgeous. Not a small person at all and the epitome of someone you'd call statuesque, she was a great friend and completely uninhibited in everything she did. Anyhow, this anti-war protest had a line of cops who looked kind of nervous and it was starting to worry some of us. Her answer was to shuck down to her birthday suit and walk up and down the police line, talking to the cops individually. You never saw a line of cops with their mouths hanging open like that. She completely defused the situation. It was an amazing thing to see.

[Vincardog]

9. I wish I had seen that

[MineralMan]

10. It was pretty amazing. But, then, she was pretty amazing in

general. I'm glad to have known her. One of my favorite people, she was just plain terrific in just about every way. I haven't though about her for years. We were good friends.

[Vincardog]

11. So do a google search and find out where she wants to OCCUPY now

[MineralMan]

15. Lost touch with her in 1972. I remember her name, but

women tend to change their last names, so I haven't been able to locate her. More's the pity. I'd love to know what she ended up doing. I've lost touch with so many friends over the years, and am just now making contact with some again in my 60s. There are several people from my college days I'd like to contact just to see what they have done with their lives. She's one of them.

[Vincardog]

28. Hold the good thought and it will happen. Why not advertise? The internet is a great thing

[MineralMan]

29. We were just friends, so it's not that high a priority for me.

We fooled around a bit from time to time, but only casually. I'm just mildly curious to see where she is in her life. I'm 66, so she'd be about 62 now. I'm having a lot of fun reconnecting with people I knew in my 20s. Lots of variety in outcomes and situations. It's fun. Maybe I'll hear from her or she'll show up somewhere and we can reconnect.

[ZombieHorde]

16. Wow. That is a pretty intereting story. nt

[gateley]

13. Must have seen the guy I just saw on the live stream - looked

like a sweetheart and looked like he really didn't want to be there.

Saw a sign that said "Power to the Peaceful"

[karnac]

14. Tell them they look sexier and are safer in HAZMAT suits.

Especially with the all TB outbreaks in the Occupation areas.

[MedleyMisty]

17. Evidence for the TB outbreaks?

I've been following Occupy very closely and I have not heard of anything like that.

[karnac]

19. here ya go...

http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2011/11/10/tuberculosis-breaks-out-at-occupy-atlantas-base/

ANYTIME,no matter how *good* the cause , you put many people together, without proper controls. you WILL have a disease outbreak. And violence.

Particularly dangerous when people inside *OCCUPATIONS* try to hide the crime/health consequences from the police and health authorities because it wil make them *LOOK BAD*.

Penn state anyone? ;-)

On a side note, my sister who is a relevant(though not publicly known figure) has been claiming to my mother there IS NO VIOLENCE at the Oakland occupation.

Now we find out she has been frantically trying to keep peace there(via facebook). with little success.
She truely is a saint. And a pretty little liar.

[ret5hd]

27. rofl...i'd be surprised if there wasn't tb at a large homeless shelter...

but to blame it on OWS is ludicrous! :rofl:

[Warren DeMontague]

18. I don't know why we need to objectify people, like riot cops.

Clearly, using words like "sexy" turns these folks into easily objectifiable pieces of meat and it's a well proven scientific fact that sexual innuendo, thoughts, or even so-called "jokes" harm all vulnerable populations, particularly women and children. We must think of the children!

Really, any so-called "progressive" who thinks sexual thoughts in a visual context or implies such in their speech needs to be re-educated and have their consciousness raised in a confrontational, heteronormative gender and male gaze bias challenging context.

[cliffordu]

21. Um......

Nah, I can't.

You figure it out.

[donheld]

25. We used that in Denver too

[JNelson6563]

30. I love it!

Best crowd chant so far!