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Originally Posted by vaylorie
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I agree that the movement has no central message. Another point of my initial post here (and other posts on the R&F forum re: OWS) has been that some of the things that OWS 'stands for' are awesome and will be supported almost universally regardless of political party if there was some form of standardization around messaging.
That being said, there is no central message so you say that these aren't OWS tenants and I say that they are. Both of our understandings come from things that we have seen & heard both personally talking to occupiers as well as seeing their signage across camps around the nation.
Don't tell me it's not about these things when this stuff is all over their camps.
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I can agree with this sentiment. It's truly a downfall of some of the larger Occupations. Raleigh is well put together because of smaller numbers and a chance for people to get together and speak in groups. Chapel Hill has done the same in an attempt at something that has been referred to as "visioning," it has promoted a more solidified set of principles and ideas with which to evaluate, but by no means does each person have to repeat what everyone else is saying. Those that are on the fringe tend to get pushed out or walk away when they realize that they cannot promote their message at large. That is a problem in places like Philly or LA or OWS.. not everyone knows each other but the media knows where to pick up juicy bits.