Occupy Charleston is a local version of the Occupy Wall Street movement that has spread across the country. No one at this point is predicting how many people might turn out for the 99 hours of camping, music, cooking, free speech, educational events and smaller-size marches to area banks.
Getting set to occupy Charleston, South Carolina
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Whew! I only saw the headline at first and thought troops from 815 were already on the way…
#1–That was my initial reaction also! Now the question arises, why Charleston? The big banks around here are headquartered in North Caroilina, California and Canada. Government is in Columbia and the center of manufacturing is in Greenville. I suppose they can protest James Beard Awards and carriage rides. It mostly sounds like a really good excuse to have a party (not a tea party).
All I hear around my neck of the woods is that the “occupy” folks have a little too much time on their hands. Me, I can’t help but think of all the good those folks could accomplish if they would just drop in at a few Habitat sites and pick up some lumber or sandpaper. AmeriCorps Vista and NCCC is still in existance. But I don’t think that sort of thing is what this is really all about.
I realize there is a problem with declining wealth and that “giant sucking sound” as jobs continue to go somewhere else. But, really? This helps?
I think most of the “occupy (fill in the blank)” folks are the usual college students who wish they’d been around for the protest movements of the 60s and 70s and other leftists, anarchists and deadbeats who show up at every meeting of the WTO, G9, or whatever. Maybe a few more regular folks this time due to the recession, but generally just the usual riffraff.
[blockquote] I think most of the “occupy (fill in the blank)†folks are the usual college students who wish they’d been around for the protest movements of the 60s and 70s … [/blockquote]
Hmm. So some of them might be the grandchildren of the earlier protesters. Remember thinking that some unusual event was “something to tell your grandchildren about”? Heh.