tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840867179601918652.post785330658867652926..comments2024-01-08T01:16:37.067-07:00Comments on REVOLUTIONARY SPIRITS: Faith, Politics, Opinion: Occupy Wall Street Has A Fight On Its HandsGary Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00832434470111324769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840867179601918652.post-61014956120516232242011-10-12T18:29:30.855-07:002011-10-12T18:29:30.855-07:00I'm actually most inspired and hopeful because...I'm actually most inspired and hopeful because of those who don't know what they're up against. Those who haven't been to protests or rallies before, only to be pepper sprayed, beaten, and arrested... those who think that the police are there to protect them. <br /><br />There are plenty of people like that and they are learning that the police are not there to protect them, but to protect monied interests. And that's usually how people become radicalized (that's how it happened for Howard Zinn!).<br /><br />At first, many of my radical friends were quick to write off the movement; the disorganization, the lack of strong bases or networks in the community, the sheer naivete of the thing; yet despite the lack of prior organizing it seems to have spreading and staying power, because it captures the imaginations of folks less jaded... even if it makes them more jaded in the process. <br /><br />Also, enough writing about these young people and their protest, it can be your protest too if you pack up and join in!Holly Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10681393530497326996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840867179601918652.post-75880430812488784012011-10-11T19:17:36.033-07:002011-10-11T19:17:36.033-07:00Do they have any idea what they are up against? Ye...Do they have any idea what they are up against? Yes, and the lack of strategy or even clarity and yet...isn't this precisely what gives power and credibility? Peaceful dissent slowly emerging as a force for change.Laninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840867179601918652.post-21648787723820448642011-10-11T18:07:01.073-07:002011-10-11T18:07:01.073-07:00Be a little more optimistic... I think the Croney ...Be a little more optimistic... I think the Croney Capitalist in Chief isn't going to get re electedBill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.com