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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:09 AM Original message |
An observation about how people are reacting to Occupy as of today... |
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earthside
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Occupy Washington, D.C. |
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Vincardog
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. The PTB want the only occupy to be in DC. I say OCCUPY everywhere. Shut it down. |
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CTyankee
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. The PTB is smart enough to know that huge crowds in D.C. haven't done much and |
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Vincardog
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I hope and believe that OWS will go away when the conditions that made it necessary "go away" |
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CTyankee
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. We have a long way to go before that happens, IMHO. |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. +1 n/t |
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Vincardog
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Wed Nov-30-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
51. I don't see how change will come if we restrict our efforts to inside the entire political system. |
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femrap
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Wed Nov-30-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
86. I agree. |
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Remember Me
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Thu Dec-01-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #51 |
88. So true. That's a recipe for co-optation, for one thing |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I describe it thusly: |
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Vincardog
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. BINGO got it in one |
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mmonk
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Great explanation. It's all about the source of current policies |
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jtrockville
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Wed Nov-30-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
55. We've got TWO occupations in DC |
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Tesha
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. Rec'ced to zero. |
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newfie11
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. scary isn't it n/t |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. DU can be scary to me lately...lol. |
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fascisthunter
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Wed Nov-30-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. by default they do support the corrupt system |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Perfect place to share a spot-on graphic: |
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fascisthunter
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Thu Dec-01-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #77 |
89. exactly! |
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backtoblue
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. k and r |
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Huey P. Long
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. They are followers, highly susceptible to negative propaganda. |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. They don't seem to grasp how media is one of the core problems... |
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Earth_First
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. Collectively, we have become a society of 'instant gratification' |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Well said! I agree wholeheartedly! |
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lunatica
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. Change is hard if you have no idea what you want to replace the status quo with |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Good point. I'm just always fascinated by worldviews (for lack of a better term)... |
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CTyankee
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. I think there is a lot of fear out there. People who are vulnerable economically |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Yes, yes...I agree. |
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Bluenorthwest
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. Anyone who expects such a young movement to field candidates |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. I agree. I just wrote this in response to such comments: |
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Bluenorthwest
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. I've been amused at the posts that state Obama's change has to |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. GREAT point. I do feel there are a ton of people online... |
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Huey P. Long
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Wed Nov-30-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Then don't spend your valuable time unless it is needed and has chance of conversion. |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. That's what I'm doing, and making it very clearly from the start... |
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lbrtbell
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
43. I don't expect them to have candidates ready just yet |
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mmonk
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
11. People tend to always look to politicians and parties as the only solutions |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Excellent summary. "movement before change" |
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Dover
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
14. Great post. This is new territory and we can't quite find a label for it. It's organic. |
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doc03
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. I was really surprised last week overhearing two elderly couples |
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newspeak
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Wed Nov-30-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
56. yeah, my son called from california last week and asked me |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
57. That pepper-spray incident got the attention of a lot of people... |
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boston bean
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
26. I observe people who find no wrong with Obama, frightened of OWS. |
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CTyankee
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Exactly. It is irrelevant. It is happening regardless of what anybody "thinks." |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. word n/t |
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Shenonymous
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
27. Poll |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Welcome to DU! |
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CTyankee
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I think the point of OWS is that making legislation is essentially not the way to go |
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frazzled
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Wed Nov-30-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. Changing the system ... |
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CTyankee
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. It's been made demonstrably worse since the Citizens United decision came down. |
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Bluenorthwest
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. See, I did not hear that out of Franks announcement at all |
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CTyankee
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. OK, I grant you that he is older and that he is not totally, 100% "clean." |
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frazzled
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. That doesn't answer what you're going to do about it |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. That is something many are doing and promoting: |
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CTyankee
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Wed Nov-30-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I have been "signing on" to progressive legislation for many, many years. |
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frazzled
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Wed Nov-30-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Yes, but if all the 99% of the country signed on ... |
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CTyankee
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Wed Nov-30-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. Polling has shown that a healthy majority of people in this country |
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frazzled
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Wed Nov-30-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. True, but I have to ask ... |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. There's a fundamental disconnect here... |
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frazzled
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Wed Nov-30-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Well, I once said ... |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I really do hear you. |
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CTyankee
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Wed Nov-30-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
78. I think we have to take a bit of a longer view on this... |
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frazzled
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Wed Nov-30-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Well, the war ended because ... |
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CTyankee
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Wed Nov-30-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. This kind of upheaval can and does have consequences in America. |
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lbrtbell
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
42. I'm sorry, but I loathe hippies |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Hell, the words "liberal" and "progressive" also have a negative connotation these days... (edit) |
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Wed Nov-30-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Perhaps you should start by working on your own "loathing" |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I truly appreciate your post, and your insight. Thanks. :) n/t |
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bigmonkey
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Wed Nov-30-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
71. Self-styled elites have long called their critics "the unwashed". |
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JackRiddler
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Wed Nov-30-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I'm sorry, but going by what you write you loathe your own image of "hippies." |
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WildNovember
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Wed Nov-30-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. "start bathing"? what? |
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fascisthunter
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Wed Nov-30-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
70. your description and criticism of hippies is a condescending stereotype |
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Blue_In_AK
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Wed Nov-30-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
52. I'm 65, I'm female, |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. ... |
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bigmonkey
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Wed Nov-30-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
72. Have you read Mark Morford's "The Hippies Were Right"? |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. AWESOME!!! |
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malthaussen
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Wed Nov-30-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
58. Well over 40 and male caucasian |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
60. When I wrote at the end of my OP that I'd like to take a poll.... |
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Wed Nov-30-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
64. Politics-as-usual is not the goal of OWS. Buying into it would be a failure. |
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coalition_unwilling
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Wed Nov-30-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
65. Here's what my wife wrote to one of her 'friends' on FaceBook earlier |
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beltanefauve
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Wed Nov-30-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
67. Full-on bleeding-heart liberal here |
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woofless
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Wed Nov-30-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
73. I'm considering having Dirty Fucking Hippie tattooed on my forehead. |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. lolol.... |
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Doctor_J
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Wed Nov-30-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
76. But the movement DOES need to move on |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
79. The next level of Occupy -- an open letter from Occupy Rochester |
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Grateful for Hope
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Wed Nov-30-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. What an excellent letter! K&R |
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OneGrassRoot
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Wed Nov-30-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. My pleasure. She was quoted elsewhere as saying this: |
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Wed Nov-30-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
83. some think nothing will change so they do nothing to create change |
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CTyankee
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Wed Nov-30-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. I jusr hope the former are not outnumbered by the latter.... |
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Remember Me
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Thu Dec-01-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
87. I just posted an article |
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OneGrassRoot
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Thu Dec-01-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. I love Yes! Magazine. Thank you for directing me to your post! |
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