There is so much going on in our little slice of the world that it is crazy. And the ridiculousness of some of the arguements over the opinions of it is insane. I was taught to respect others, and others property and so the behavior you can see in the OWS sickens me. Having worked in a small segment of law enforcement, I know what its like to be threatened and antagonized. Law enforcement legally has a right to go one level above the violence taken against them. So if you hit a cop, he can hit you with an object (or taser you). And if you hit him with an object that could cause serious harm or death, then they legally have the right to use deadly force to protect themselves and others. And this is how it ought to be. You start a fight with law enforcement, expect to lose. Or how else are they going to keep us all (and each other and themselves) safe. It sickens me to read all the bashing of law enforcement who are out there doing a job. Which means that they have superiors telling them where to be, and how to respond to the actions going on in that area. OWS have gotten violent with each other, and gotten violent with the police. And the police responded. If it wasn't some (ineffectual, multi-messaged, dirty squatter) protest, but instead just people camping out on people's lawn, blocking traffic, crapping in public, masturbating in public and disrespecting and antagonizing the police, then no one would bat an eye. The fact that they have picket signs and a slogan gives them the right to do whatever the heck they want to with no repercussions? No indeed. If you are in the crowd and you know protestors are attacking the police, run idjit, trouble is a-coming.
I agree that we need to be fairly taxed, all the way up and down the financial scale. I agree our government has made some unwise choices. And I sure can't wait til voting comes around and Obama is gone. And, no, it has nothing to do with color of his skin. I'm absolutely sure there are african american men and women who could do 100x better at his job than he has.
In short, OWS needs to take some notes on how the tea party is operating, and maybe they'll get more respect. They are making themselves look like idjits, dirty and disrespectful idjits who don't attend their own meetings so they aren't all shouting the same message.
