Postby circh bustom » Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:33 pm
Please reread my post then. I said I have a hard time taking most of the protesters serious. I also said that I do not disagree with the mission statement. In these situations, the message and the messengers cant be seperated. How would you feel if Clarence Thomas was protesting for women's rights? What about a Nazi march for equality? I'd like to see the people REALLY struggling in this country to go out and protest about the govt. Problem is, we are all working to keep our houses and feed our kids. These protests really mean nothing. The govt wanted start testing people on welfare to be eligible, then the people stood up and said no no no. That's a violation of civil rights. Yeah what about my civil rights to not have to pay for someone elses habit? Im not worried about some guy on Wall Street right now. We say people dont have the same opportunities as others. I say, wrong. having spent half my life growing up in the inner city, and the other half of my life in a more rural environment, Ive seen most opportunities wasted. Everybody HAS to go to school. Skipping school, or dropping out, or not applying yourself is a choice. Once you spit in the face of that choice, what should happen then? Should we say that its ok and heres another and another and another? Then when they are 30, broke with no future and 2 kids, the hard working people have to pay for it. People refuse to see opportunity when it is presented. not my fault they couldn't open there eyes. As I said, Ive wasted alot of opportunities and i dont go around saying "the man" is holding me down. before we go protesting other peoples actions, how about we all examine our own actions. Straighten them out, then go worry about the actions of others. How about credit? Ok. 99% of the people I hve known have been eligible to get a credit card at one time or another. Maybe 50% of those are still able to now. Why did that 49% stretch themselves beyond where they could be? Ok, maybe some lost a job due to downsizing or something beyond their control, that is always a factor, but not everybody. I know plenty of folks who ran up the credit cards on impulse and then cried about it afterward saying these big corporations are charging me high interest and not being fair. Fair? They gave you the opportunity to pay your bill and be responsible and what happened? Thats what I thought. How about illegal aliens? Well the people say we cant get rid of them because they do the jobs that Americans dont want to do. WTF? You have no job, go out and wash dishes. paint something. weed someone's garden. again, it's not the greatest opportunity, but having someone say they would much rather sit back and suck on the govt tit instead of getting some kind of honest work is absurd. let's change that, then head down to Wall Street. how about an Occupy Social services office? Im in no way saying that big corporations are squeaky clean smelling like roses and made of candy and ice cream, but we live in a capitalist society and yes change is inevitible, yet it may not always be the change you want. This capitalist society has gone from friendly to foe. Change right there. Just not in your favor. Things will always be this way in a capitalist society. You want real change? completely knock this model down so it has no worth and start at the foundation and build it back up to your liking. This going around and waving signs and saying just the right soundbytes is getting old and its useless and clogging up our streets and airwaves.