The Occupy Movemement Failed Miserably

[Peace&Freedom]

But there are still protests and other mayhem. Justice for Trayvon and the recent Huntington Beach riot come to mind. No I don't think most people quit occupying because of fear of police. I think the majority of them quit because it wasn't cool anymore and democrats won.

Trayvon was not an authentic OWS issue, that's a Obama administration stoked cause (see the FIOA disclosures gotten via Judicial Watch). The co-opted OWS were allowed to pursue Democratic-agenda causes, that were safe from police. The OWS activity that sought to remain independent of major party control got the pepper spray.

 

[BetterCallSaul]

Newsflash, buddy: The liberty movement isn't going to become an atheistic, liberal national disgrace like the Occupiers no matter how many words you misuse and spell incorrectly.

Can you show me how one disgraces the nation? Humiliating consensual partners excites me greatly.

 

[UWDude]

The people defending occupy never want to face the fact that occupy closed up shop immediately after Obama was re-elected. Mission accomplished.

Occupy ended ca Dec 2011
Obama was elected in Nov 2012, a year later.

Fact fail 1.

I think the majority of them quit because it wasn't cool anymore and democrats won.

See above, get your facts and assumptions straight....

No I don't think most people quit occupying because of fear of police.

YOu think wrong.

The police took our tents, and it was FUCKING cold.
We were arrested if we tried to sleep or put cardboard on the ground or lay down.
and it was FUCKING COLD.
We were pepper sprayed all the time, and that was not fun.
Most of us were arrested at least once, and that is not a fun experience. Especially when you see the legal bills and bail coming in. Not to mention the trumped up charges that many times were threatening with 20 years in prison.

So, in short, fuck your assumptions. All of them, from the "OWS is a Soros funded communist cnspiracy" to "I think they quit because they democrats won", (a year after OWS disappeared, dumb-ass) to "Nah, I dont think the police taking all the signs, and tents, and allowing nobody to sleep had anything at all to do with the failure of OWS.. nah, can't be" So where was I? Oh yeah, fuck your stupid assumptions.

 

[UWDude]

Newsflash, buddy: The liberty movement isn't going to become an atheistic, liberal national disgrace like the Occupiers no matter how many words you misuse and spell incorrectly.

Occupy wasn't atheistic. Another stupid assumption and mainstream media pundit assumption. The churches were helping us all the time. Because we were doing the same thing they did... ..help the homeless. They gave us tons of food and we always got our hot water from one of the churches down the street from Westlake park before we moved to Seattle Central and had to find another source.

Yup, I was there, obviously you weren't. Sucks to only have media assumptions when debating someone who was there, doesn't it?

And the state of America is a national disgrace. The bailouts were a million times more disgraceful than the occupy movement. In fact, most of the world was mildly impressed by seeing americans have a modicum of backbone before the police state crushed them.

 

[eduardo89]

The occupy movement was a failure because the people in it are naïve leftists who think that living in a park and not showering for a month will make the banker controlled government forgive their loans.

 

[UWDude]

The occupy movement was a failure because the people in it are naïve leftists who think that living in a park and not showering for a month will make the banker controlled government forgive their loans.

The tea party failed because it thought holding a few well funded rallies for fox news and voting republican would make a difference.

It hasn't.

 

[AuH20]

The tea party failed because it thought holding a few well funded rallies for fox news and voting republican would make a difference.

It hasn't.

The Tea Party is the only reason why we have a 2nd amendment and no amnesty at the moment. If Soetero had the house, this forum may as well shut down. That fucker lost 60 house seats and 1000s of state legislature seats, which capitalized on redistricting.

 

[eduardo89]

The Tea Party is the only reason why we have a 2nd amendment and no amnesty at the moment.

And Rand, Lee, Cruz, Amash, Massie, Schweikert, Huelskamp, and others in Congress.

 

[AuH20]

And Rand, Lee, Cruz, Amash, Massie, Schweikert, Huelskamp, and others in Congress.

Tea Party isn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but what it did in 2010 is frankly amazing, considering the many enemies it was pitted against.

 

[eduardo89]

Tea Party isn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but what it did in 2010 is frankly amazing, considering the many enemies it was pitted against.

The biggest difference between the Tea Party and OWS is the Tea Party has over 80 people in Congress writing law and influencing policy while OWS had a library made of cardboard.

 

[compromise]

The biggest difference between the Tea Party and OWS is the Tea Party has over 80 people in Congress writing law and influencing policy while OWS had a library made of cardboard.

They have Elizabeth Warren: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/24/elizabeth-warren-i-created-occupy-wall-street.html

 

[jkob]

They have Elizabeth Warren: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/24/elizabeth-warren-i-created-occupy-wall-street.html

totally not a communist

 

[compromise]

totally not a communist

 

[UWDude]

The biggest difference between the Tea Party and OWS is the Tea Party has over 80 people in Congress writing law and influencing policy while OWS had a library made of cardboard.

Republicans in congress elected by a bunch of republicans, existed way before the Tea party. The Tea party changed nothing.

And the only policies being "influenced", (such a vague word that doesn't really require facts to back up, nice), are the ones that would have been "influenced" anyway. More defense spending, more money for the war on drugs, more open borders and amnesty, more foreign aid. Nothing, NOTHING has changed. Not one iota. Not because of the Tea Party, and not because of OWS.

The United States is still hurtling on the disastrous path it has been on for decades.