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Just figured out that you're being used as a useful idiot, did you?

Occupy my asshole with your lips, commie!

chatnoir <wolfbat359a@mindspring.com>  wrote :

> http://www.squarestate.net/diary/1944/the-ugly-truth-about-occupydenver
> 
> 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.
> 
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