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Posted on 11/13/2011 3:13:07 PM PST by SmithL
The Bay Area has come down with a serious case of Protest Fatigue. The 99 percent of Northern Californians who want to go about their business are being jammed with protests and forced to pay for shutdowns imposed by the 1 percent of activists who don't know the difference between free speech and free camping. There are so many protests here that the group No Justice No BART had to call off a planned demonstration on Nov. 2 in order to accommodate activists planning to take public transit to the Occupy Oakland general strike.
When President Obama came to San Francisco last month, activists had two venues for protest - anti-Obama action at Third and Howard streets or Occupy SF at Justin Herman Plaza. On Wednesday students and activists tried to set up an Occupy Cal camp at Sproul Plaza, but campus police seized their tents.
Protesters have framed themselves as the victims of authoritarian law enforcement actions. Everyone knows that if they really wanted to protest a police state, Syria would be a more deserving target. But protest in the bosom of the free speech movement is a lot safer and easier.
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan finally found the backbone to allow police to evict the Occupy Oakland encampment last month. Unfortunately, the howls of outrage that followed were so intense that Quan invited the tent sitters to return to Frank Ogawa Plaza.
A funny thing happened after her capitulation. The howls of outrage got louder. Local businesses let City Hall know that the demonstrations were starving their cash registers, voters complained that law-breaking Occupiers were fouling their public square, and taxpayers voiced alarm at the rising cost of police overtime and cleanup efforts.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
What are they protesting.....having to put covers on public benches if they sit naked?
Their main complaint is that everything isnt’ free. Free food, Free education, Free transportation, Free sex, Free gonorrhea (maybe that is free in their tent city).
You’re right. It all started with “Free Huey!”
This is tied directly to Obama, he’s is fully responsible.
Exactly. It’s straight from Axlerod’s playbook. The only question is, “why now?”
They are like locusts.
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