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Originally Posted by Aadill
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Pretty much. The problem media does a good job of picking up on "the other stuff" and diffusing the message.
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Well, you could blame that on the media. I wouldn't. I'd blame it on OWS itself. OWS has made it clear that they do not want to target any specific reforms. Because of that, they leave themselves susceptible to being manipulated. Any idiot with the time to sit in a park can make a sign and misrepresent OWS, and the media isn't incorrect in questioning whether that person is a representative sampling of OWS.
Until OWS narrows its scope to a few key issues, it will be impossible to garner enough public support to actually enact change. The Tea Party is a good example of this. Whether or not you agree with their proposed policies, they took a nebulous dissatisfaction with government and narrowed it down to a set of policy points that allowed them to zero in on candidates and impact elections, and in turn, legislation.
OWS can't have that impact until it decides exactly what it is that it wants to do.