[lbo-talk] Occupy Oakland's imminent implosion and the wider effects

Joseph Catron jncatron at gmail.com
Sat Nov 5 19:40:18 PDT 2011


On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 3:33 AM, SA <s11131978 at gmail.com> wrote:

when you select the "we are the 99%" meme, it's probably inevitable that
>> you'll have to deal with the 99%, including those whose chosen tactics
>> differ markedly from yours.
>>
>
> This is a really weak argument. The 99% meme is a slogan, not a literal
> description. If you take it literally the way you do here, it means any Tea
> Partier or white supremacist should be welcomed and accommodated.
>

Perhaps, but what's the flip side? How narrowly do you think it should be defined (in practice, not rhetoric)? Let's hear the actual criteria you propose.

To lay my cards on the table, I'm a little disgusted that a few window-breakers have sparked such high levels of Internet chatter, as opposed to the massive influx of Democratic Party politicians. I know which worries me more.

-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."



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