Give me a break, Kris. What about the civil liberties of the people that live and work around the protests? Aren't they entitled to go about their lives without being accosted by protestors? I was mostly lukewarm about the protests until I read this article. Go figure, a liberal NY Times article convinced me that these people are society's deadweight:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/08/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-begins-to-chafe-its-neighbors.html?hpw
Politically, I'm moderate. You don't see me in most of these political threads and with good reason. I'm of the "legalize drugs and let the gays marry and serve in the military" bent, but I've voted Republican in four of the last five elections. I have to tell you, I've been reading the "I am the 53%" blogs and I identify with these people. Not all of them, but a lot of them. I am a self-taught systems engineer and paid for my college with student loans, which I paid off entirely by myself after college. I've busted my ass since I was 15 and I've done well for myself. When I was the age of most of these protestors, I wasn't hanging out in parks and protesting, I was slaving my ass away in front of a terminal for 14 hours a day. I missed out on my entire twenty-something years because all I did was work. Remember December 31, 1999? I was sitting in front of a terminal in my office at work.
My point is, I have had it with these protestors. They are trashing these parks and the surrounding businesses, they are harassing and intimidating the people who live and work in the area, and most importantly, they don't have a coherent protest. WHAT ARE THEY PROTESTING? Is it....corporations...the wars...rich people...lack of jobs for people with waist-length dreadlocks...WHAT? I don't get it.
