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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 06:42 PM Original message |
Are OWS tactics such as blocking rush hour traffic & subway traffic effective strategy... |
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sam11111 (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. it will greatly harm OWS |
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sam11111 (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. 1.Marches are OK..traffic re-routed -2.but suddenly blocking traffic traps folks for hours:some sick |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. How many times have you said that now? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Um, that is public opinion in action. |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. +10,000 n/t |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Tough call. A couple days ago I didn't agree with that approach, but they seem to have new momentum |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. OWS is public opinion in action. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. No, it is poor strategy. Bad idea to inconvenience and pi$$ off everyday folks. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Being "orderly" has gotten us exactly HERE. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hurt the cause. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. Which public opinion? the 1% or the 99%? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. The 50% of the 99% who foolishly think they're the 1%? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. It is what it is. if a large enough group of people is oppressed for long enough |
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Huey P. Long (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Exactly. Pressure points need application. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. yeah remember how quiet and orderly the civil rights marches, the anti-war demonstrations and in |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thank you! |
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WildNovember (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Can't tell if you're joking or not. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. I recall during the AIDS crisis... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Sorry for the inconvenience; we are trying to change the world. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Bad press is better than no press. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. People ought to ask whether it would be OK for opponents |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. The teabaggers disrupted town-hall meetings, threatened members of Congress... |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. That was a stupid protest... |
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WildNovember (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. Not judging from all the honking as they cross the Brooklyn Bridge. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. Regarding 'public opinion' |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Why are you always supporting the wrong side of everything? |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I don't know what you mean. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. oh they mean well. They just don't understand how the politics of change works in the real world. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. See my earlier thread on this topic. |
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sam11111 (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. so- to those who block- no tactic drives our base away, because we are trying to change the world? |
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lbrtbell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. They should only block off areas where the rich are |
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