Posted on 09/17/2011 1:06:12 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
With the Arab Spring protests of the past year or two serving as inspiration, Twitter and Facebook has been used to organize a large group of protestors on Wall Street and an occupation of Wall Street is currently underway.
Twitter is currently also being used as a platform for non-attendees to weigh in on the controversy, with a steady stream of pro and against tweets either lauding the efforts or dismissing protesters as about to get bored and seek a Starbucks on their iPhones or burn daddys money. Web activist groups and collectives including The Other 98% (an organization lobbying for corporate and top 2% tax reforms and the like) and the formidable Anonymous have been linked with the protests- more of which are occurring in satellite locations.
One circulated statement urging participation said:
On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up beds, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Like our brothers and sisters in Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Iceland, we plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America. We also encourage the use of nonviolence to achieve our ends and maximize the safety of all participants.
Currently, #takewallstreet has overtaken #occupywallst as a trending topic on the microblogging service and even celebrities are getting in on the fray. Roseanne Barr has tweeted on her feed, @therealroseanne, and rapper Lupe Fiasco posted:
If anybody needs me Ill be on Wall St: #iwilloccupy#occupywallstreet@OccupyWallSt@OccupyWallStNYC
Total headcount estimates for the event have not been attempted yet. The protests official site is located here. https://occupywallst.org/
Clearly, these people have no adult responsibilities.
Thanks for the report. It sounds like facilitators are going to use Delphi-type persuasion to have everyone “agree” on the preselected bogeyman for the event — most likely the status of corporations as a “person” for tax purposes.
All they’ve got is about 15 seconds of “live” video. If you want to see it again, they have a replay button.
Other than the name, petergillisa...., is my fav.
“Why couldn’t al queda pick today?”
Someone else also wrote: Why couldn’t Al Qaeda have chosen today? LOL!
You got it! It’s a bit sickening to watch how affective this strategy is on unsuspecting people. This group means business. We don’t need to underestimate them. Rule #1: Don’t underestimate the enemy.
At the moment, that is who is driving this. We’ll see who comes in later to “reinforce” the “grass roots movement.”
Looks like some ringers in that chat. hehe.
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