OCCUPY WALL STREET

Toughy · 10-30-2011, 04:13 PM

I would remind folks that all those 'sit, lie' laws that are about homeless people and where they can be are being used against Occupy individuals and encampments.

Think about it the next time your local government wants to limit where, how and when homeless (and everyone) folks can be. It all sounds great when it comes to us not having to see homeless folks on the city streets, but not so great when applied to Occupy folks.

Sachita · 10-30-2011, 04:40 PM

I like the idea of the government making the banks/raping mortgaging institutions, take all the foreclosures and creating homes for the homeless but people bitched about property values, the government bitched about taxes and no one is fucking happy. So they can shut the fuck up about where they land or create housing or jobs for them.

It just goes a round and a round, a big wheel of lies, deception and excuses. Don't listen to them. Move forward, raise hell, don't stop talking and whenever possible make life difficult for them.

At some point larger statements will be made and it will cost "something". What are you willing to pay? What do you think the government will do if we all collectively stopped paying taxes? Can they throw us all in jail? If we shut down even a few of the largest corporations by boycotting we'll make a strong statement.

persiphone · 10-30-2011, 04:45 PM

i disagree with the premise that it's great when applied to homeless folks. we are all one step from homelessness and i've said that even before the housing bubble and burst. homelessness is a grim reality for many more that weren't homeless just a few years ago, hell just a few months ago. and many more will enter into homelessness before this is over. we are a very unfriendly nation when it comes to our homeless. we really need to gravely reconsider the state of our homeless situations. we make, via laws, homelessness a horrible void from which there is little escape. i think people don't realize how expensive it is to be poor, let alone homeless and not just for those that are trapped in it.

i really despise the idea that a homeless person is something "we shouldn't see". we actually should see it as a reminder that they are still people and they still should be entitled basic human rights and needs. it disgusts me the way we treat our homeless.

edited to add.....i dunno why everyone is so shocked and appalled by the protesters being subject to the same laws that the homeless are subject to. i don't consider myself better than anyone else. i find it appalling that people should think they are somehow above a lower class of human and therefore should be treated differently or better.

/mad as hell rant

10-30-2011, 04:13 PM	#1
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10-30-2011, 04:40 PM	#2
Sachita Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Alpha Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Goddess Relationship Status: Completely in love Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Virginia Posts: 3,225 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,564 Thanked 8,992 Times in 2,247 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I like the idea of the government making the banks/raping mortgaging institutions, take all the foreclosures and creating homes for the homeless but people bitched about property values, the government bitched about taxes and no one is fucking happy. So they can shut the fuck up about where they land or create housing or jobs for them. It just goes a round and a round, a big wheel of lies, deception and excuses. Don't listen to them. Move forward, raise hell, don't stop talking and whenever possible make life difficult for them. At some point larger statements will be made and it will cost "something". What are you willing to pay? What do you think the government will do if we all collectively stopped paying taxes? Can they throw us all in jail? If we shut down even a few of the largest corporations by boycotting we'll make a strong statement. __________________ You either like me or you don't. It took me Twenty-something years to learn how to love myself, I don't have that kinda time to convince somebody else. ~ Daniel Franzese

10-30-2011, 04:45 PM	#3
persiphone Timed Out How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: on a hedonistic hiatus Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 12/28/2011 Posts: 462 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,574 Thanked 1,562 Times in 380 Posts Rep Power: 0	i disagree with the premise that it's great when applied to homeless folks. we are all one step from homelessness and i've said that even before the housing bubble and burst. homelessness is a grim reality for many more that weren't homeless just a few years ago, hell just a few months ago. and many more will enter into homelessness before this is over. we are a very unfriendly nation when it comes to our homeless. we really need to gravely reconsider the state of our homeless situations. we make, via laws, homelessness a horrible void from which there is little escape. i think people don't realize how expensive it is to be poor, let alone homeless and not just for those that are trapped in it. i really despise the idea that a homeless person is something "we shouldn't see". we actually should see it as a reminder that they are still people and they still should be entitled basic human rights and needs. it disgusts me the way we treat our homeless. edited to add.....i dunno why everyone is so shocked and appalled by the protesters being subject to the same laws that the homeless are subject to. i don't consider myself better than anyone else. i find it appalling that people should think they are somehow above a lower class of human and therefore should be treated differently or better. /mad as hell rant