Reply To: Occupy Wall Street – Are you with it?

You are probably right. It makes me uncomfortable. I don’t want to be part of a movement that uses violence. Sigh. Obviously…there has not been anything like this in my lifetime, so I am getting a lesson in protest. It is scary in many ways. I went to the Occupy Oakland Facebook page and saw one of their discussion topics was, “destroying capitalism”…I know from speaking with many OWS that this is not their goal…it certainly isn’t mine…but you have to wonder about people calling for things like that. Not just discussion…but destroying. In some ways I hope that the group does split…I am hoping that the large portion…moderates with clear ideas to end corruption in government can break away from the more fringe groups. I see the movement as having so much possibility…but because of its fluidity it is also highly uncontrollable…which is both good AND bad.