Occupy Movement Explained

[Blue_Heron]

Originally Posted by Bigshrimpin

I don't know a lot about these protests, but the one in Boston is outside the Federal Reserve Building here . . . I don't think that is a coincidence.

In the 1970's when people were protesting the war/draft . . . protests happened at Kent State, Berkeley, etc. I don't think the location is that important, but you can see (as shown in the video clip) which people different media outlets are choosing to represent this movement.

Tim,
You make a good point. The location isn't as important as the message. The anti-war message was pretty unambiguous. Unfortunately, "Fix the economy now, dammit" means a lot of different things to different people.

The OWS movement and it's offshoots around the country and around the world haven't done a very good job of articulating their message. And as you rightly point out, our modern advocacy media do us a disservice when they mine the mob for an idiot to prove whatever point they're trying to make.

Until a clear message comes out of the protests, it's hard to agree or disagree with the protestors. And the longer it goes on without a clear message, the more it looks like a freak show.

Maybe the best message we can take from it is that it's time to send some folks to Washington who are capable of having a grown-up conversation about taxation, spending, regulation, monetary policy, and the moral implications of saddling our children and grandchildren with a mountain of debt so we can all have more than our slice of the pie.

Dave