OCCUPY WALLSTREET!

[MrSparkle001]

Originally Posted by Samoht [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The fact of the matter is that they have a very specific, precise message: we will no longer be ruled by wealth. So where did their protests start? In the exact location where the most money in the world exchanges hands daily on the backs of the American workers.

I know they have a message, and I agree with it. But there's a lot of people there who harm the entire effort. The ones who camp out there do more harm than good.

There are reasons they are unemployed. There are reasons they cannot afford to pay back their student loans. And they're tired of it.

There certainly are reasons. Have you seen them? What kind of job do you expect to get when you look like that? I'm talking the hippies. I'd hire them to work the graveyard shift at a warehouse for $10/hr, but that's about it. I wouldn't even hire them for $10/hr security. You aren't exactly gonna get rich sitting in a park playing bongos and hacky sack.

The job market is tough, which means you have to present yourself better. Nice haircut, nice smile, professional demeanor, nice clothing etc. You wanna be a hippie? Be prepared to live the hippie life, and don't complain that you don't have a job or money.

(THIS ONLY APPLIES TO THOSE HIPPIES, who unfortunately are the ones that stand out and ruin the chances of the protests accomplishing anything)

[Samoht]

Originally Posted by azeth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Stopped here. You understand that per polling of Boston and Wall Street protestors that one half of one percent has ever received any form of education beyond High School?

Proof? Or just more regurgitated bullshit?

Originally Posted by MrSparkle001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There certainly are reasons. Have you seen them? What kind of job do you expect to get when you look like that? I'm talking the hippies. I'd hire them to work the graveyard shift at a warehouse for $10/hr, but that's about it. I wouldn't even hire them for $10/hr security. You aren't exactly gonna get rich sitting in a park playing bongos and hacky sack.

The job market is tough, which means you have to present yourself better. Nice haircut, nice smile, professional demeanor, nice clothing etc. You wanna be a hippie? Be prepared to live the hippie life, and don't complain that you don't have a job or money.

(THIS ONLY APPLIES TO THOSE HIPPIES, who unfortunately are the ones that stand out and ruin the chances of the protests accomplishing anything)

I'm sorry, but not everybody who has a problem with the government is a hippie, and if you think that they're the only ones protesting, you're being lied to and you're buying it. You just sound like you have prejudices against the poor, have them all lumped into one category, and refer to them with a demeaning euphemism to make yourself feel better about your bigotry.

[MrSparkle001]

Originally Posted by Samoht [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm sorry, but not everybody who has a problem with the government is a hippie, and if you think that they're the only ones protesting, you're being lied to and you're buying it. You just sound like you have prejudices against the poor, have them all lumped into one category, and refer to them with a demeaning euphemism to make yourself feel better about your bigotry.

You missed my very last sentences in parentheses. No I don't think they're all hippies, and yes I do agree with their message (the smart ones, not the hippies).

This movement needs to get off it's ass and get organized to have any effect. The Tea Party was very successful at it, and now it's time for this Occupy movement to do the same. They are not opposed to each other btw, despite what some less-informed individuals in the media might want you to believe.

If they don't organize and put some real pressure on their representatives, they will fizzle out and be remembered as a bunch of hippies who were whining that didn't have enough money. There are two major differences between the Tea Party and this movement, and they are organization and who participates. If they can organize, man we have a real force at work in government with them and the Tea Party. I'd love to see it.