Opinion of "Occupy Wall Street"

[Middle-aged Europe]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

a useless and misguided street theater, centered on unoriginal, inane class warfare slogans.

[Napoleon]

a useless and misguided street theater, centered on unoriginal, inane class warfare slogans.

[Platypus]

Meh. It's good there's a reaction, it's bad that these were the people to react.

[afleitch]

"The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%...unless it's Steve Jobs. By the way when is the iPhone 5 out?"

[republicanism]

"The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%...unless it's Steve Jobs. By the way when is the iPhone 5 out?"

Lol, good one!

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Meh. It's good there's a reaction, it's bad that these were the people to react.

[The Mikado]

Useless idiots.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

They got the slumbering behemoths known as the unions to react and get on the streets, so they aren't all bad. Lean FF.

The vast majority of them are certainly idiots though. I just hope that the Russ Feingolds and Robert Reichs of the world can capitalize on this moment to politicize them properly.

[Napoleon]

They got the slumbering behemoths known as the unions to react and get on the streets, so they aren't all bad. Lean FF.

The vast majority of them are certainly idiots though. I just hope that the Russ Feingolds and Robert Reichs of the world can capitalize on this moment to politicize them properly.

Under false and evil pretenses maybe.

[opebo]

Why the criticism of these people?  I know we would all like to see much more.. well I won't say exactly, as they no doubt monitor this forum, but lets say.. 'stronger protest' with a wink and a nod, but after all, what these folks are doing is better than nothing.

[republicanism]

what these folks are doing is better than nothing.

True.

[Lief 🗽]

Sure are a lot of class warfare apologists in this thread (and I mean the class warfare that's actually happening, against the working and middle-class, not the other definition, of rich people whining that some people want to raise their taxes).

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Its a Freedom Movement, even tough I disagree with them on everything. Most of them are spoiled, bored, middle class suburban leftist...

[The Mikado]

Sure are a lot of class warfare apologists in this thread (and I mean the class warfare that's actually happening, against the working and middle-class, not the other definition, of rich people whining that some people want to raise their taxes).

Political protests accomplish little beyond dragging in flocks or starry-eyed tourists that crowd the streets, ignore traffic lights, slow the public transportation, and wander around shouting inane slogans and making a mess of everything.  I feel sorry for the people of New York.  Go the f**k home and leave people alone.  I don't care what they're about, they're disruptive annoying grandstanding that wrecks ordinary city life.

[Link]

Some on the left hope that it will become their version of the Tea Party. So now Democrats too can deal with vocal supporters saying stupid things, embarrassing protests with ridiculous signs and slogans, the viral spread of vicious rumors and libelous misinformation about their electoral opponents, and primary challenges from naive, unqualified, inexperienced, ignorant candidates with no appeal to anyone outside the movement.

This might add a sense of balance to American politics (which would be good), but it's unfortunate that we need left-wing idiots to cancel out the right wing idiots.

Great more extremists.  I think the whole counter balance to the tea party thing has been cooked up by people on the right.  I just don't think there is enough of an idiocracy on the left to support such a movement.

[cavalcade]

I would guess about 10% are HP, 20% are

a useless and misguided street theater, centered on unoriginal, inane class warfare slogans.

, and 70% are just messing around.

[Mechaman]

A bunch of dumb f***ing granola oats marijuana smoking hippie super psycho contradictory morons f***tards and idiots.

In other words: Freedom Fighters, for at least having principles.

[Marokai Backbeat]

I don't like the vast majority of the protestors but I certainly wouldn't dislike them because I think protests are inherently bad.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I'm just sick and tired of hearing people whine about sh**t. Don't you have jobs or something? If you're rich enough to just do whatever, then clearly you don't belong there and if you're unemployed, you should probably go looking for a job. I'm just sick about one whining thing after another, and yes, I realize this is whining.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Seriously, this thing is frickin' 17 days old and they already have a detailed wikipedia page? I've barely even heard about this (probably because I've barely been listening/watching any news source lately). What's the big deal?

[Username MechaRFK]

Its a Freedom Movement, even tough I disagree with them on everything. Most of them are spoiled, bored, middle class suburban leftist...

They are fitting for a reason. To wake up the 1% the country and fight back corporate welfare. I don't see them any more spoiled then the Tea Party. They are also fighting against the corporation loving Obama adminstation. Oh yeah, some of the protesters are Ron Paul supporters.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

a useless and misguided street theater, centered on unoriginal, inane class warfare slogans.

Any Democrat who seriously uses the term "class warfare" should be banned from the party.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Its a Freedom Movement, even tough I disagree with them on everything. Most of them are spoiled, bored, middle class suburban leftist...

Not all of them are coming from the left. Some supporters are on the right too.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Some of the End the Fed crowd may be involved (infowars.com)