let me start this by saying i am a bed wetting liberal. odd being that im in the military. the real 1%. i have been accused of being a socialist in the past. i do believe if we indeed live in the greatest country on earth, our citizens should be educated and healthy. all should have access to higher learning and health care to be competitive and a "super power". i too am disgusted about the rich getting richer and the middle class getting smaller. unemployment rates growing and jobs that do not pay a living wage. i was at occupy philly at its conception and popped in and out during its beginning stages. but its time to go. i support everyones right to protest. i signed my name on that line to protect that right. but at this point what is being accomplished? the occupy movement sent messages and made history. any progress to be made was made. nothing will change. and your voices are no longer being heard. even i stopped listening. time to pack up your tents and let commerce move back in to dilworth plaza. jobs are at stake. this philadelphia holiday tradition provides paychecks to 100's. and theyre the 99%. (i hate the marxist propaganda attached to occupy). it was a noble cause but now has become an embarrassment. vandalism, violence among you, rape allegations and other negatives. seems to be only stragglers left. not activists. what do you hope to change? its over. the mayor, police, and philadelphia as a whole have been more than supportive. compared to less tolerant occupy movements across the country, philadelphia embraced it and not only let you live peacefully but protected you as well. dont shoot yourself in the foot. cooperate with them, as they did with you. respect your fellow 99% and let them pay their bills.
philly is a union town and you dont fuck with the unions. a lot of those guys have been laid off for months. with the state of the economy there isnt enough work to go around. be smart. move out now. the philly unions do not have the reputation of being understanding when something stands in their way. when it gets ugly, and if youre preventing them from working it will, youll have no one to blame but yourself. this is philly. not portland. we bust skulls and this is not new. lets not forget all the vendors that make their livings during the holiday season and those they employ. all the tourists emptying their pockets in our city providing revenue we so desperately need. the suburbanite women who make the trip into the city specifically for the "christmas village" or whatever its called this year. parents bring their children here and people go out of the way of their normal commute to walk thru it. occupy philly, if you refuse to go, all the work you did will be for nothing. you will quickly go from an annoyance to enemy #1. when you take food out of mouths you will not be tolerated. that christmas town is going up no matter what. and you shouldnt fight it. fighting it defeats your whole purpose. now youre going to hurt the working man? go home! if you have no home, start a tent city somewhere else. clark park is a good place for you. no too touristy, students, academics, nearby yoga studios. its a diverse and artistic community. go there. stay forever. no one will care.
on an unrelated topic, i hate penn state.
