A Letdown Squid

People like Michael and the business he helps to run are not the enemy, but protesters don’t seem to care whether people like him get hurt as long as “the point” gets made. The point being, presumably, that “throwing a wrench into the system” or, as I’ve heard other protesters say, “burning this shit to the ground,” would benefit us all. As you know, I’ve thought Occupy Wall Street to be misguided from the very beginning, but at this stage, when Occupiers no longer care how their actions hurt individual, working, non-1% Americans - when, in fact, they cheer such harm as part of the process and a small price to pay for “the greater good,” even as big business and American politics carry on as they always have - I don’t think we’re the ones missing the point. Rather, I think Occupy Wall Street is now cutting off its nose to spite its face. And blogging about things I think are harmful to our society is as much my right as screaming on the street is yours.

~ ChapterTwelve (tumblr)

17 November 2011 · Comments

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