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The Ugly Truth About #OccupyDenver
by: Fong
Wed Dec 14, 2011 at 08:17:00 AM MST

I've been on the PR team of Occupy Denver for about two months now and
that involvement has shown me the underbelly of the beast. Keep in
mind that everything I write below is just the the tip of the iceberg
and understand that I write this because I'm tired of witnessing the
consistent reckless behavior that puts innocent people at risk.
At the December 3rd rally, Corey Donahue gave a speech in support of
his Walmart blockade he managed to pass through the General Assembly
he frequently renounces as illegitimate and ineffective. He spoke
about the need for people to put their "bodies on the line" for the
action. I pulled him aside and he tells me that the goal of his action
is "bring out hundreds of police to show the world that the police are
defending corporate america and not the protestors." In the midst of
my shock of the stupidity and lack of transparency of his motivation,
he reminds me that he is under legal advice to not get arrested again
because he has too many prior offenses, so he won't be participating
in his call to put bodies on the line.

How he has a shred of credibility after hiding behind his priors while
telling people to put their lives on the line, I can only attribute to
his feeding the homeless (and then encouraging them into being
fodder??).

Can you say David Koresh?

Fong :: The Ugly Truth About #OccupyDenver
Then there was the tents.

(((VIDEO AT SITE)))

Occupiers would set up tents during peak crowd hours with the
intention of bringing in the cops to crack heads, in an effort to show
the world that the police are brutal.

Yeah, the public has had numerous opportunities to do something about
police brutality, but not much is done about it. So why use innocent
people, who want a safe place to protest with a community of like-
minded people, as fodder for a stupid plan? And why don't other Occupy
Denver people do anything about it? Why do they refuse to recognize
it?

Oh right, this is why. They're twisting St Paul Principle #1 "We
respect a diversity of tactics."

And then there was talk about a plan to burn cars for the Walmart
blockade Monday morning. Once I got wind of the tentative plan, I put
out a tweet (which has since been censored and removed) stating
"Anyone planning violence/destruction for the 12/12 Walmart action are
warned from doing so and will be dealt with by Occupy Denver and by
any means necessary."

Cos yeah, if you're going to put innocent people at risk, I'll break
my silence and revulsion for the police, and I'll call for their help
because it's the only help available.  Sadly, in this case, the police
are better than Occupiers.

Bullying, backstabbing and all that good stuff has been used by people
at Occupy Denver in the stead of affinity. There is really nothing
that can tie people together for a common cause when one party is hell-
bent on juvenile domination. You should see the way otherwise good
people compromise with the insane!

So because of that tweet, I was accused of fueling rumors and lies and
helping the police. But if someone went through with that stupid,
pointless plan, I'd be implicated in the crime during the
investigation because I know that someone talked about it and I did
nothing. So I did something. Yet somehow, I'm the bad guy for tweeting
about accountability? And then it gets censored? Wow.

There are serious transparency and accountability issues at Occupy
Denver.

I wish I could say good things. When people corner me about my
involvement in OD, I feel bad that I don't have good things to say.

I'd like to say "we're a community that welcomes the working class and
we're slowly but surely working towards solving problems" but instead
there are privileged kids, who have been waiting to pounce on a
movement like this to implement their juvenile delusions about
revolution.

My armchair psychoanalysis of some Denver Occupiers is that they
aren't interested in the work it takes to create real change. They'd
rather have the emotional satisfaction of saying "hey, I have a hard
core idea about revolution and if you aren't in, then it's because
you're a pussy and I'm superior. So really it's your fault if it
doesn't happen."

It's weak, it's egotistical, and it's never going to work.

So far I've seen ass-kissing, fear-mongering, death threats, theft,
fights, using innocent people as a shield, lies about union
endorsements, ulterior motives, lots and lots of messianic bullshit,
and of course, shirking responsibility.

Until I see some major changes, I'm not at all enthusiastic about
Occupy Denver.