'Occupy' types

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

That doesn't mean I can't see and understand people's plight in regards to these institutions. If I see something not right, I say something. I don't say something only because it affects me. Try caring for your fellow human mankind even if his plight doesn't affect you. You never know, one day you may need his help in your struggle. Then again, you are probably the kind of person who think you'll never need help. I guess it's easier to sit back, stereotype the individuals and mock their view points and protesting.

And there is the crux of it ... you accuse others of judging you and yet you blatantly judge others.

I, too, see and understand the people's plight as do many others who have posted in this thread. We also see that the OWS movement, like yourself, is failing to provide and/or detail a road map for change. Just like crowd control is not just a matter of "blocking off a couple streets", the institutional problems of the market and financial system are not things that can be fixed by simply hacking away at them. Stop assuming we don't sympathize with some of the goals of the OWS just b/c we assert they haven't done anything but complain about them.

To me, you seem to assume that people, who aren't ready to throw people in jail b/c things "seem like fraud" to you, are ignoring the problem. That's simply not true. B/c I don't agree with your characterizations doesn't mean I don't see a problem or that I am unsympathetic to some of their goals. To me, the anger that permeates your posts is almost tangible, is incredibly judgmental of those who don't agree wholeheartedly with your take on things, and makes it difficult to actually discuss the nuts and bolts of solutions to the problems identified by the OWS and others. My perception is that any demand for specifics as a precursor to judging the OWS's relevance is met with fury on your part.

All I have ever asserted is that the OWS has many and varied goals some of which I sympathize with and that the movement, in its current form, is not an effective a grassroots movement because it has identified not concrete plan to effect change.