Posted on 11/15/2011 10:14:36 AM PST by Qbert
Kalle Lasn, the Adbusters writer who called for an Occupation of Wall Street, has now called for a tactical retreat. This is in part a reaction to the onset of winter, but it’s clear Lasn’s real concern is that the occupations are out of control. Even more striking, Lasn admits conservative media now owns the narrative about OWS:
Kalle Lasn, the editor-in-chief of Adbusters, said it was considering declaring victory in an attempt to regain the initiative after a series of negative headlines about the encampment.“We are talking about it with all our people,” said Lasn. “The other side is owning the narrative right now. People are talking about drugs and criminals at OWS.
The admission above was published last Friday. Over the weekend it bloomed into a “tactical briefing” released yesterday by Adbusters (ellipsis in original):
as winter approaches an ominous mood could set in … hope thwarted is in danger of turning sour, patience exhausted becoming anger, militant nonviolence losing its allure. It isn’t just the mainstream media that says things could get ugly.
He’s too cagey to say it outright, but don’t miss the message: Lasn is afraid of his own monster. He doesn’t believe the camps will get better, he thinks they could very well turn “ugly” or perhaps uglier.
Let that sink in for a moment. How bad do things have to be for the creator of the idea to suggest a hiatus?
Given that OWS is often compared to the Tea Party, imagine the equivalent move on the other side of the aisle. Rick Santelli, a few months after his memorable rant on television, suddenly announces that the Tea Party is in danger of careening out of control and should probably be shut down for a few months. Do you think that would have been national news?
Since this is Adbusters, Lasn has a ready made plan to help OWS save face. Declare victory:
STRATEGY #2: We declare “victory” and throw a party … a festival … a potlatch … a jubilee … a grand gesture to celebrate, commemorate, rejoice in how far we’ve come, the comrades we’ve made, the glorious days ahead. Imagine, on a Saturday yet to be announced, perhaps our movement’s three month anniversary on December 17, in every #OCCUPY in the world, we reclaim the streets for a weekend of triumphant hilarity and joyous revelry.
We dance like we’ve never danced before and invite the world to join us.
Then we clean up, scale back and most of us go indoors while the die-hards hold the camps.
It looks like the NYPD has already taken care of sending people indoors, the Oakland PD too. As for declaring victory, I think that’s completely belied by the fact that he’s calling for a retreat before things deteriorate even further. No one retreats when they are winning.
Here’s a strategy option Lasn should consider, call it options #3. Shut the camps down permanently. Don’t do it because you’re worried about bad press from bloggers. Do it because keeping them open means more vandalism, theft, illness, assault, drug dealing, death by overdose, rape and murder. That’s the record of OWS camps. It’s not victory and it’s certainly nothing to dance about.
Somebody at Culture Jammers HQ needs to admit the experiment is a failure. Then again, maybe they just did.
Kalle Lasn channeling another famous anti-Semite...
How about option #4:
High powered water hoses mixed with Tide detergent.
Suds’em’down and wash’em’away.
The truth should always “own the narrative.”
There is a reason overnight camping is prohibited in city parks, which generally have no water or sanitary facilities. It's called public health. Soon we will be in flu season and these unwashed idiots will be spreading disease.
bttt
The founder of OWS or whatever title he “owns” is in denial like Dr Moreau...
He - like the self appointed DUmmie leaders- think that they have some standing among the mob...
About 50% of the Zuccotti occupants are considered true believers. The rest are there for mayhem.
Now the OWS majority are being herded around like sheep by the authorities.
lol
Similarly,:
Truth, is it’s own narrative.
“THE JIG IS UP! SCREW!”
They are corrupt, deceitful, dangerous liars...and I'm trying to be kind.
No hoses. I like her plan:
“We dance like we’ve never danced before and invite the world to join us.”
Some stupid dancing. Maybe a drum circle or two. And some earnest speeches about sex with animals and saving the globe using the repeat after me third grade formula. Then tears and lots of hugs—”see u in september.” All broadcast live.
A violent unruly mob is not going to gain sympathy from real Americans...only the hopelessly dyed-in-the-wool Left and those too ignorant to realize that the media has been slanting the news for the last few decades.
And pocket all that extra cash those idiot backers contributed.
Wonder if anybody who matters, surely not the rank and file, will ask for an accounting.
This seems more proof that the entire OWS is a deliberate and calculated operation, not the least bit spontaneous, or even representative of anything even approaching 99%.
It also explains why so many cities are seeing the meek dismantling of the OWS sites.
They’ll be back.
bfl
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