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What they're all about? I am not sure what you are trying to say.
I see Americans from all walks of life standing up the rights of the working man, the poor, seniors, the disabled, children and others. I see Americans defending and exercising their constitutional rights. I also see the brutality of an out of control police that is allowing police psycho's and sociopaths to act out on peaceful citizens. Most of what I see at a police enforcement of OWS looks more like a page from the days of nazi storm troopers. Even a retired police captain from Philadelphia can see the merit in the OWS protests and yet is treated like a common criminal. This man is a hero.
From the OP's linked article regarding the "bashed and bloody skull";
Quote:
Brandon Watts, 20, of Philadelphia, was the first person to set up a tent inside Zuccotti Park, claimed to have lost his virginity there and had already been arrested four times before yesterday.
Then he saw his bloody face on the New York Daily News front-page after allegedly taking the hat off a deputy inspector’s head, being chased into the camp and hitting his head on the concrete.
But he pleaded not guilty to charges relating to the alleged cap theft on Friday, with his lawyer claiming he was assaulted by police and has four staples in his scalp because of his injuries.
Watts has been arrested five times since the protest began two months ago and has been living on his own since his early teens, his lawyer said, adding that he suffers from emotional problems.
Five arrests so far would cause many people to question his actions and judgment. It certainly paints him as something other than an innocent victim.
The retired captain is fortunate he's not yet been charged with impersonating an officer.
Working class hero? I think not. In no sense do I agree with you, not with your moniker nor with your piddly comment. If you were a working class hero,
wouldn't you be hard at work, standing up for the "working man's" rights, the rights to a decent chance to embrace the vanishing American dream? Being
that you broadcast the fact that you are a working man, it seems evident that you've lost a measure of compassion for the poor slob who has no job,
because the bums on Wall St. have emptied the piggy-bank. Why would it unnerve you to see that there are a growing class of people who're unwilling to
be shoved under the carpet of an economy that has been largely manipulated and controlled by a bunch of crooked bankers and traders? If it was in the
15th century, and the villagers were up-in-arms about their treatment by the king, they'd grab their pitchforks and their torches and storm the castle.
Wasn't that what Bastile day was all about? Well Mr. Smartypants working hero, this is not the 15th century, the natives are restless, they have been
swindled by those whom they put faith in, they've been kicked in the a$$ too long now, they're not going to take it any longer. For the longest time, I've
waited for a time when people did more than armchair quarterbacking, a time when they were sick enough of our treatment, to stand up like men against
the runaway and relentless machine of capitalism. What good are convictions or principles if you are too cowardly to stand up for them? Dude, I think that
it is really YOU, who should be arrested. For treason, and for your sympathetic collusion with those crooked traders and bankers!
so a retired union thug collecting a 6 figure pension..is complaining about what???
Retired union thug? Jeeeze, you are full of one liners, as I see it, incapable of intelligent commentary, to the point that I believe you are jockying for a position
as most closely imitating someone with an intelligent point of view, while basically having nothing to say! Don't you see how nobly admirable it is, to have anyone
with a six figure income, taking up the yoke of the unfortunate, those who haven't got a pot to pi$$ in? Wouldn't you think that the typical guy with an income like
that, would be sitting there in his Barcolounger, sipping a martini and watching Fox news, rather than getting out there to the front lines of a public assembly which
seeks redress, for all of the injustice done through a financial system that has fleeced them? Patriotism be damed, if you had those six figures, you'd probably be so
smugly satisfied with your life's accounting and remain empathetic to the plight of your fellow man. I'm yet to receive an intelligent argument, a stating of your beliefs
beyond your criticizm, those dullwit comments which serve only to make it clear, that you have not got the slightest idea of what these "Occupy" movements are all
about, what the goals are for the thousands who, instead of offering comments on an internet forum, have felt a compulsion to protest the second rate deal that this
new face of America is giving us, and are out there in the cold, doing something about it.
Working class hero? I think not. In no sense do I agree with you, not with your moniker nor with your piddly comment. If you were a working class hero,
wouldn't you be hard at work, standing up for the "working man's" rights, the rights to a decent chance to embrace the vanishing American dream? Being
that you broadcast the fact that you are a working man, it seems evident that you've lost a measure of compassion for the poor slob who has no job,
because the bums on Wall St. have emptied the piggy-bank. Why would it unnerve you to see that there are a growing class of people who're unwilling to
be shoved under the carpet of an economy that has been largely manipulated and controlled by a bunch of crooked bankers and traders? If it was in the
15th century, and the villagers were up-in-arms about their treatment by the king, they'd grab their pitchforks and their torches and storm the castle.
Wasn't that what Bastile day was all about? Well Mr. Smartypants working hero, this is not the 15th century, the natives are restless, they have been
swindled by those whom they put faith in, they've been kicked in the a$$ too long now, they're not going to take it any longer. For the longest time, I've
waited for a time when people did more than armchair quarterbacking, a time when they were sick enough of our treatment, to stand up like men against
the runaway and relentless machine of capitalism. What good are convictions or principles if you are too cowardly to stand up for them? Dude, I think that
it is really YOU, who should be arrested. For treason, and for your sympathetic collusion with those crooked traders and bankers!
This needs a rep ...Unfortunately, I gotta spread some around.
Retired police captain arrested at Occupy Wall Street.
I'll wager his pension and retiree benefits package as a retired Philadelphia Police Captain puts him in the small portion of the upper tier of Americans.
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remember every protester is a pot smoking hippy....
Working class hero? I think not. In no sense do I agree with you, not with your moniker nor with your piddly comment. If you were a working class hero, 
...Unfortunately, I gotta spread some around.
