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New Documents Detail FBI, Bank Crack Down On Occupy Wall Street
jvillain writes "The Guardian has up a story detailing the crack down on Occupy Wall Street (OWS). It goes on to show how the FBI, DHS, Terrorist Fusion Centers and the banks all worked together to stifle dissent. From the article: 'This production [of documents], which we believe is just the tip of the iceberg, is a window into the nationwide scope of the FBI's surveillance, monitoring, and reporting on peaceful protesters organizing with the Occupy movement These documents also show these federal agencies functioning as a de facto intelligence arm of Wall Street and Corporate America.' The next question is how many Americans are now listed as part of a 'terrorist group' by the government for their support of OWS?"
"Cracking down" as in "allowed an illegal occupation of a private park for months before getting fed up with the ghetto that resulted"?
Wow, super harsh. OWS was full of itself from day 1.
No, its stifling "descent".
That should make it clear that the article is the paranoid ramblings of a buffoon, shamelessly copy-pasted by the utterly incompetent morons who call themselves "website editor" as a job title.
The OWS "movement" has plenty of Soros Money. It doesn't need any from me. Try taking a bath and getting a job, too.
Kind of like the term "useful idiot", huh? Besides, who "cracked down" on the ows hippies? They were simply left to rot in their little camps until it was clear that their only remaining purpose was to occupy public spaces and make a mess.
But it really takes an imbecile to believe that ows could spring into existence fully formed, complete with a slick web site and well orchestrated publicity. Perhaps the better term would be "McMovement".
I have mod points. The reign of terror begins now.
1) OWS was not "non-violent".
2) They want to get rid of capitalism, but have no idea what they want to replace it with. The people behind OWS are far-left communist groups, but the "useful idiots" that showed up at OWS to blindly chant about taking down wall street don't even understand who they are chanting for.
3) OWS doesn't need money. They are well funded by George Soros shadow groups.
except, you WERE DUPED by the koch brothers, faux news and you WERE funded by big money. you were mostly left alone 'with your guns' and you had your little fun. you really wanted no change other than the black man out of office (lets be real, here). your protest, for the majority of you, was just a social gathering.
OWS was really up against the forces they were protesting. the cops did NOT sit by idly like they did on your put-on-for-show fake teabagger protests. THAT is the difference. one was a real protest, the other some stupid social event for the older and more hateful crowd.
don't even try to compare them. they are nothing alike.
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Seriously, for a bunch of squatters that were not always civil, they were allowed to get away with way, way more than any other protest I can remember.
Aside from a delusional persecution complex, I can't believe anyone would think the government "stifled dissent".
Get away? Yes. I mean it's not like there's some kind of precedent for this like, any sort of right of the people to "peaceably assemble." Oh, wait. Moron.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
Seriously, for a bunch of squatters that were not always civil, they were allowed to get away with way, way more than any other protest I can remember.
Aside from a delusional persecution complex, I can't believe anyone would think the government "stifled dissent".
Get away? Yes. I mean it's not like there's some kind of precedent for this like, any sort of right of the people to "peaceably assemble." Oh, wait. Moron.
Oh, and since you're obviously not aware of what I'm talking about, cf. First Amendment to the US Constitution.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
Because /. has a huge population of Right-wing extremist thinkers. Anything remotely sensible or even vaguely liberal in expression gets shot all to shit by an endless stream of dismissive posts, usually without any real content. Some o of those same individuals get Moderation points every once in a while and use them extensively to reflect their views.
Its very difficult to be a sensible person here in my opinion (yes, that means I think the vast majority of gun-toting right-wing crackpots are not sensible). If you get into anything remotely political, you had better be the next thing to fascist to be left alone, if you talk about technology you had better hate Apple (and now seemingly *like* Microsoft for some reason, despite years of vitriol directed at Redmond in the past on this site) etc. Dissent is punished
I will thus be moderated down to oblivion for my opinion. Wait for the endless stream of comments first...
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