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Occupy Wall-street (My opinion and my right to have it)
14 years ago
I just wanna set a few things straight about the occupy wall-street movement.
You people have every right to protest, you feel that your getting the short end of the stick. I totally support you people fighting for what you believe for. HOWEVER just because I don't support the protest itself doesn't give you the right to infringe on my right to believe so. I have been told by multiple Wall-Street Supporters that im wrong just because my opinion differs, I've also been called an idiot and uneducated. You have the right to protest, and I have the right to not support your protest the freedom of an opinion goes both ways not just yours. Now im not saying all of you guys that support the movement are doing this, just saying that some of the supporters have. Now I'm gonna tell you why I don't support occupy wall-street.
Firstly the whole we are the 99% figure. It's an inflated figure 99% of the country isent having all these issues like some are. Personally I have no debt, I'm in college, I work two jobs and one of them I don't even need cause they both pay well. I have both health and Life insurance and I live in a home. Allot of my friends are in the same position I am, have absolutely no issues. Neither do their parents or My own. So the figure is way to high.
We are the 99 percent. We are getting kicked out of our homes. We are forced to choose between groceries and rent. We are denied quality medical care. We are suffering from environmental pollution. We are working long hours for little pay and no rights, if we're working at all. We are getting nothing while the other 1 percent is getting everything. We are the 99 percent. (Taken from an occupy wall street tumblr page http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/page/3)
The thing that bugs me about this is the pollution bit... it seems to be there just as a number booster. It just doesn't fit in. Any who I've also talked to a few supporters and from what they've told me there seems to be very little consistency as to what they are trying to achieve. I've heard so many different things its hard to say one for sure. Another thing that bothers me is some of the protesters them self.. It seems like some of them are just punk teenagers that just wanna rebel just for the sake of rebelling. Don't believe me there is a kid in my class who is rich beyond belief, he attended the protests and occupied Boston. Just throwing that out there. Now im not saying this is everyone. Also I've seen photos of occupiers people wearing guy fox masks at the protests, i don't know about you but that just seems a little bit off to me. Now all that aside
I majorly don't support how they are handling themselves. Firstly I have been told be several people that you need a permit in order to protest at a location. And that the occupiers have neglected to do so. I honestly don't know how true this is, but if it is would obtaining a permit be that difficult? Another thing is the sanitation, its a problem. You cannot occupy a place and and just leave it a style its a health violation and its for your own benefit to keep it clean. I know the NY protest was offered by the mayor of new york city himself, for the park to be cleaned and all they had to do was temporarily leave. And they refused? Now im not calling you guys dirty, its just common sense to keep the area clean. We don't need a large group of people getting sick cause they refuse to keep the place clean. Its for your own health and the people in the surrounding areas help. Im not gonna get into the whole NYPD discussion cause we will wind up being here forever. They are just doing their jobs, I highly doubt that every one of them are doing it cause they want to , but because they have to. So i wouldn't be screaming that there out to get you... And I personally think they handled it the right way, they tried to cooperate protesters refused so they had to take action.
I would like to remind everyone reading this that this is all my opinion. I don't want hate comments or your stupid being posted as a comment to this journal. I think the protest is for good cause. It was gone about in the wrong way, this could of been handled much better then it did. Instead of just sitting in a park for an unknown amount of time they could of came up with a LEGAL plan that would of gotten their point across in a much more civil manner. Now after this journal I would like to say that I do not want to hear any more about the occupy-wallstreet movement. I've heard enough about it over the past 2 months to formulate my own opinion as stated above. This journal was just a reaction to being harassed by supporters because I do not have the same opinion as them. I did my research, and I still believe that way i originally did that doesn't make me stupid, uneducated or anything else. My opinion is my opinion its not wrong. Neither is your opinion. This journal was not meant to attack anyone or belittle anyone, and I apologize now if it did. Even though I said that its my opinion i know from experience that people are gonna take this like i stating facts and that im out to get them.... there's no stopping that. So im just gonna leave it at it. Don't expect and more Occupy discussion from me. this be the last
You people have every right to protest, you feel that your getting the short end of the stick. I totally support you people fighting for what you believe for. HOWEVER just because I don't support the protest itself doesn't give you the right to infringe on my right to believe so. I have been told by multiple Wall-Street Supporters that im wrong just because my opinion differs, I've also been called an idiot and uneducated. You have the right to protest, and I have the right to not support your protest the freedom of an opinion goes both ways not just yours. Now im not saying all of you guys that support the movement are doing this, just saying that some of the supporters have. Now I'm gonna tell you why I don't support occupy wall-street.
Firstly the whole we are the 99% figure. It's an inflated figure 99% of the country isent having all these issues like some are. Personally I have no debt, I'm in college, I work two jobs and one of them I don't even need cause they both pay well. I have both health and Life insurance and I live in a home. Allot of my friends are in the same position I am, have absolutely no issues. Neither do their parents or My own. So the figure is way to high.
We are the 99 percent. We are getting kicked out of our homes. We are forced to choose between groceries and rent. We are denied quality medical care. We are suffering from environmental pollution. We are working long hours for little pay and no rights, if we're working at all. We are getting nothing while the other 1 percent is getting everything. We are the 99 percent. (Taken from an occupy wall street tumblr page http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/page/3)
The thing that bugs me about this is the pollution bit... it seems to be there just as a number booster. It just doesn't fit in. Any who I've also talked to a few supporters and from what they've told me there seems to be very little consistency as to what they are trying to achieve. I've heard so many different things its hard to say one for sure. Another thing that bothers me is some of the protesters them self.. It seems like some of them are just punk teenagers that just wanna rebel just for the sake of rebelling. Don't believe me there is a kid in my class who is rich beyond belief, he attended the protests and occupied Boston. Just throwing that out there. Now im not saying this is everyone. Also I've seen photos of occupiers people wearing guy fox masks at the protests, i don't know about you but that just seems a little bit off to me. Now all that aside
I majorly don't support how they are handling themselves. Firstly I have been told be several people that you need a permit in order to protest at a location. And that the occupiers have neglected to do so. I honestly don't know how true this is, but if it is would obtaining a permit be that difficult? Another thing is the sanitation, its a problem. You cannot occupy a place and and just leave it a style its a health violation and its for your own benefit to keep it clean. I know the NY protest was offered by the mayor of new york city himself, for the park to be cleaned and all they had to do was temporarily leave. And they refused? Now im not calling you guys dirty, its just common sense to keep the area clean. We don't need a large group of people getting sick cause they refuse to keep the place clean. Its for your own health and the people in the surrounding areas help. Im not gonna get into the whole NYPD discussion cause we will wind up being here forever. They are just doing their jobs, I highly doubt that every one of them are doing it cause they want to , but because they have to. So i wouldn't be screaming that there out to get you... And I personally think they handled it the right way, they tried to cooperate protesters refused so they had to take action.
I would like to remind everyone reading this that this is all my opinion. I don't want hate comments or your stupid being posted as a comment to this journal. I think the protest is for good cause. It was gone about in the wrong way, this could of been handled much better then it did. Instead of just sitting in a park for an unknown amount of time they could of came up with a LEGAL plan that would of gotten their point across in a much more civil manner. Now after this journal I would like to say that I do not want to hear any more about the occupy-wallstreet movement. I've heard enough about it over the past 2 months to formulate my own opinion as stated above. This journal was just a reaction to being harassed by supporters because I do not have the same opinion as them. I did my research, and I still believe that way i originally did that doesn't make me stupid, uneducated or anything else. My opinion is my opinion its not wrong. Neither is your opinion. This journal was not meant to attack anyone or belittle anyone, and I apologize now if it did. Even though I said that its my opinion i know from experience that people are gonna take this like i stating facts and that im out to get them.... there's no stopping that. So im just gonna leave it at it. Don't expect and more Occupy discussion from me. this be the last
