2016 Postmortem
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(17,228 posts)JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)Anyway, Occupy is a peaceful movement?
Have you heard of the Occupy protests before?
CompanyFirstSergeant
(1,558 posts)are good people. They did amazing work after Hurricane Sandy.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)Short term memory and all...
trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)JUST THINK ABOUT IT, use your head. Why court disaster? What do you think you'd accomplish?
You are not 7 years old on a playground. This is the real world with real blood and real lives.
If you want to put your life on the line for a bunch of sillly stuff, go for it.
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)Where I have my team and then the other team roots for their player and then we have a winner. This is serious and has to do with the course of history and our government.
So yeah, some of us will work, sometimes at risk, to further the cause. Do you think Thomas Paine and Paul Revere did any less?
trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)Keeping TRUMP out of the presidency and a Democrat in the White House, I'd march for that.
March in my own home town just like I did during the Vietnam war. I would not get involved in protesting at a convention.
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)Because the GA had no way to reject force, over time it fell to force. Proposals won by intimidation; bullies carried the day. What began as a way to let people reform and remake themselves had no mechanism for dealing with them when they didnt. It had no way to deal with parasites and predators. It became a diseased process, pushing out the weak and quiet it had meant to enfranchise until it finally collapsed when nothing was left but predators trying to rip out each others throats.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]
Lodestar
(2,388 posts)But be prepared for spontaneous and creative acts.... (((shudder)))
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)than let DWS and her clowns steal the country away. thousands will be there. Good.
trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)Silly, silly.
SpareribSP
(325 posts)What on earth?
puffy socks
(1,473 posts)and you will have a bigger fight on your hands than you can handle. The establishment is totally prepared for that. Play it smart.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)I spent several days with them at Westlake Park in Seattle, and the only violence I saw was by the Republican-ruled thugs in blue.
brooklynite
(94,598 posts)Guess that doesn't work with the narrative...
CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)That some "occupying" is in order... after all that has gone down throughout this primary "process..."
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elleng
(130,974 posts)The 'party' needs to be 'occupied,' from henceforth.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Nothing stopping people from going there, as far as I know. There are logistics to consider, though. You may want to plan your trip earlier than later.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]
VOX
(22,976 posts)Then study up on its history. It was chaos, and events there helped give Richard Nixon a victory. And look how that turned out.
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)And the Dem establishment wasn't about to go with "Clean Sir Gene." As you say, they stuck us with "Dump the Hump" and threw in a police riot for good measure. Bad times.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)Chaos ensued. And the status quo candidate lost to Tricky Dick. How bad is that?
NobodyHere
(2,810 posts)KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)With that said, if there is any sort of riot it will only reflect poorly on Sanders supporters and lower his credibility.
brooklynite
(94,598 posts)Lodestar
(2,388 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)be violent without proof to back it up but sit silently as DWS and the other swine steal the nomination. Nice.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)So Karl Rovian it could well be Brock. nt
trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)baldguy
(36,649 posts)anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)Lodestar
(2,388 posts)I don't think so. Besides, protesting is part of our democracy....
ARE we a democracy anymore?
MelungeonWoman
(502 posts)Michael N. Huff, Esquire PA/NJ/NY 215-567-2120 criminal defense
As many of you know, I practice criminal law in PA-NJ-NY with my main office in Philly. I will be available pro bono to help with anyone who gets arrested during the DNC in July. Please save this meme to your cell phone and hope you won't need it. #BernieLawyer
This seems like it is going to be an overwhelming task for one person. Hope he's got a staff!
brooklynite
(94,598 posts)Seriously though, what does that mean?
dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)that is organizing ride shares to get Bernie supporters from all over the country to the convention.
trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)LISTEN AND LEARN.
STOP HIDING YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)msongs
(67,420 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Lodestar
(2,388 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Lodestar
(2,388 posts)And THAT answers the question for me.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)by triumphant Democrats celebrating the nomination of the next President of the Unites States of America.
Lodestar
(2,388 posts)And young people who want to own their own destinies. UGLY!
BAD people!!!
onehandle
(51,122 posts)I'll be inside waving at any nearby occupiers outside.
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)What are your motivations?
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)heard art least ONE group or more who ARE planning events. I've heard that Bernie doesn't want this, but too many people aren't going to listen! Too much corruption has brought this country to this point. It was bound to happen!!
People are just FED UP with how we've been manipulated and IGNORED!
You can blame Bernie all you want, but the real blame lays at the feet of THIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY! They've ignored their constituents for too many years and people have had enough!
I'm down here in Florida and will be far away, but I don't think it will be stopped.
randome
(34,845 posts)Maybe if you had a leader or some sense of organization, otherwise...sure, go for it if doing a bellyflop is what makes you feel like the center of attention.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]
tritsofme
(17,380 posts)Gomez163
(2,039 posts)dana_b
(11,546 posts)oasis
(49,389 posts)brooklynite
(94,598 posts)...nobody will be able to pass without Convention credentials.
But maybe you could protest in Center City and disrupt the ability of working class people to get to and from work...like when the Brooklyn Bridge was blocked.