John Adams Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 (edited) Maybe we should call it the "get a job slackers" movement. About 100 people are marching through downtown Boston this morning as part of the Occupy Boston protest. Accompanied by Boston Police officers who stopped traffic at key intersections, the protesters first gathered in the city's Financial District this morning and then marched to the State House where they stood on the steps, chanting slogans and holding signs. Some of the signs included "capitalism is organized crime" and "where's my golden parachute?" Maybe we should give them a golden parachute. And a bath. http://www.boston.co...gHpI/index.html Edited November 12, 2011 by John Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 peacefully exercising their right to assemble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 peacefully exercising their right to assemble Which doesn't make them any less unemployed whiners who can't even see the irony of their ignorant private-school edumacated asses bitching about corporatism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary M Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Maybe we should call it the "get a job slackers" movement. Maybe we should give them a golden parachute. And a bath. http://www.boston.co...gHpI/index.html “We are the 99 percent,” one group would shout. All 100 of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 peacefully exercising their right to assemble Just like the "god hates fags" people. Not questioning their right to be douchebags. Just pointing out the douchebaggery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Just like the "god hates fags" people. Not questioning their right to be douchebags. Just pointing out the douchebaggery. and you are not so peacefully exercising free speech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 (edited) and you are not so peacefully exercising free speech How so? I am neither violent nor advocating violence. I have not acted out on my desire to wedgie all the protestors. Nor have I gone down and forced them to get a job at gunpoint. I have not gone into their parent's basements and kicked them out onto the streets. I didn't put their fingers in vice grips and make them login to Monster dot com and submit their resumes. I didn't tie them in waterproof cording and force them to bathe and shave before heading to an interview. Once in said interview, I haven't bolted their mouth shut and expressed thanks and gratitude for even considering them for the job as Wendy's Assistant Manager. None of these things have I done. So how have I not been peaceful. Edited October 3, 2011 by John Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 How so? I am neither violent nor advocating violence. I have not acted out on my desire to wedgie all the protestors. Nor have I gone down and forced them to get a job at gunpoint. I have not gone into their parent's basements and kicked them out onto the streets. I didn't put their fingers in vice grips and make them login to Monster dot com and submit their resumes. I didn't tie them in waterproof cording and force them to bathe and shave before heading to an interview. Once in said interview, I haven't bolted their mouth shut and expressed thanks and gratitude for even considering them for the job as Wendy's Assistant Manager. None of these things have I done. So how have I not been peaceful. by referring to them as douche bags. Not that it is violent. "Peace douchebag" is a contradiction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 by referring to them as douche bags. Not that it is violent. "Peace douchebag" is a contradiction I'm on JA's side here in this argument and I'm sure that he will agree that "Peace douchebag" is not a contradiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 (edited) How so? I am neither violent nor advocating violence. I have not acted out on my desire to wedgie all the protestors. Nor have I gone down and forced them to get a job at gunpoint. I have not gone into their parent's basements and kicked them out onto the streets. I didn't put their fingers in vice grips and make them login to Monster dot com and submit their resumes. I didn't tie them in waterproof cording and force them to bathe and shave before heading to an interview. Once in said interview, I haven't bolted their mouth shut and expressed thanks and gratitude for even considering them for the job as Wendy's Assistant Manager. None of these things have I done. So how have I not been peaceful. I wish someone would. by referring to them as douche bags. Not that it is violent. "Peace douchebag" is a contradiction I'd say it's closer to repetitive. Edited October 3, 2011 by KD in CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 "Peace douchebag" is a contradiction You need to get out and meet more protesters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 You need to get out and meet more protesters. He's probably one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 "Quiet political discussions continued around the sleepers. One woman gave a pep talk to what looked like a new recruit. “It’s about taking down systems, it doesn’t matter what you’re protesting,” she said. “Just protest.”" I wish I didn't have a job and could go protest vegetarianism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Maybe we should give them a golden parachute. And a bath. I think you have your goldens confused, plus gross. You may be thinking of a golden shower. Anyway, to each his own but I'm glad the bath is after the shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 "Quiet political discussions continued around the sleepers. One woman gave a pep talk to what looked like a new recruit. “It’s about taking down systems, it doesn’t matter what you’re protesting,” she said. “Just protest.”" I wish I didn't have a job and could go protest vegetarianism. But don't get violent and call them douchebags... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 But don't get violent and call them douchebags... If I was near the protesters, I might be tempted to go Deputy Inspector Tony Boloney's route and pepper spray anyone in my general vicinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPS Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I don't think this is all that different from the Tea Party movement, only these are left-leaning folk, for the most part. The bigger picture is that people are fed up with what's essentially a one-party system that caters to whoever buys the most lobbying power. While the media is portraying it as a disfunctional group, I think it's pretty clear that people are expressing their frustrations about a system that caters to the monied hands that feed the congressional trough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 (edited) I don't think this is all that different from the Tea Party movement, only these are left-leaning folk, for the most part. The bigger picture is that people are fed up with what's essentially a one-party system that caters to whoever buys the most lobbying power. While the media is portraying it as a disfunctional group, I think it's pretty clear that people are expressing their frustrations about a system that caters to the monied hands that feed the congressional trough. I get the impression most Tea Partiers have jobs, or at least don't live with their Daddy-uncles. The Tea Party is a large political movement with a pretty specific set of goals. The "Occupy" city_name movement is a handful of people who have never paid income tax except when they worked at the local water ice stand that summer, and who are out with no other priority than "against corporations." But for some reason, these dolts are getting a ton of press, and like moths to the flame, other dolts will probably join them to mate and produce other dolts. Edited October 3, 2011 by John Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I get the impression most Tea Partiers have jobs, or at least don't live with their Daddy-uncles. The Tea Party is a large political movement with a pretty specific set of goals. The "Occupy" city_name movement is a handful of people who have never paid income tax except when they worked at the local water ice stand that summer, and who are out with no other priority than "against corporations." But for some reason, these dolts are getting a ton of press, and like moths to the flame, other dolts will probably join them to mate and produce other dolts. Spoken like a pompus ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I don't think this is all that different from the Tea Party movement, only these are left-leaning folk, for the most part. The bigger picture is that people are fed up with what's essentially a one-party system that caters to whoever buys the most lobbying power. While the media is portraying it as a disfunctional group, I think it's pretty clear that people are expressing their frustrations about a system that caters to the monied hands that feed the congressional trough. exactly. It blows my mind how much media coverage the Tea Party gets and how they are portrayed juxtaposed to the occupy Wall Street movement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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