tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835453.post970115079305140435..comments2022-03-21T18:24:52.938+00:00Comments on Scratches: Deja newsUnclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17576979900477102398noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835453.post-13413789942793326002011-10-30T23:31:56.415+00:002011-10-30T23:31:56.415+00:00Welcome to revolution in all its messiness. Yes, t...Welcome to revolution in all its messiness. Yes, the media was as biased...especially before My Lai and Kent State. We had the advantage of two clearly-defined purposes: civil rights and ending the war. There was an idealistic core that tried to live up to the principles you mention. The trouble is that disruption brings opportunistic hangers-on who are only there for what they can get. I'm also afraid that violence is never that far from the surface. Only when the leadership gets some traction do these things improve. True now...true 40 years ago...true in 1776 and in every revolutionary movement in between. Messy as it is, it's time to pay attention. As Lemony Snicket says, "Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending."Unclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17576979900477102398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835453.post-18770160269017880912011-10-30T17:38:29.238+00:002011-10-30T17:38:29.238+00:00I have a question for you who lived during the 60&...I have a question for you who lived during the 60's and wewre witness to or participants in the protests then. Was the media as biased? Was the movement seen as disorganized/ borderline anarchy? Was there an actual purpose- clearly defined purpose to the protests? Was there stealing on the part of the protesters? Or was it the utopian "we are all together lets help each other out, whats mine is yours" stuff thats been romanticized in my head.<br /><br />I have been around some of the Occupy Atlanta people...they have been headquartered at the building where the homeless vets yoga class I help with is held. It has gone from being just a place for people to get food and connect and maybe get some clothes and books and a shower to a disorganized mess with lots of things that belong to the people in the building before them coming up missing. <br /><br />And then there are the signs all around their room...one sign in particular had the word MONEY written in red and black with red drops of blood dripping from it...others seemed to be more violent than the non-violence the group says it is for. The building has a different vibe too.<br /><br />And in reading some of the Facebook posts of the group...they seem very confrontational. Just my thoughts...crispix67https://www.blogger.com/profile/01088317564961438729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7835453.post-89791838233265422552011-10-28T11:16:13.790+00:002011-10-28T11:16:13.790+00:00True enough all around, but I'm still mildly s...True enough all around, but I'm still mildly surprised at the neutral and leftish media. It started when the echoed the chant that OWS had no leaders and no Martin Luther-style list of demands from the beginning. Pathetic.massmarrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.com