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Originally Posted by kane
OWS could help themselves immensely if they had some kind of a untied vision and statement. If they had a spokesperson that could say, "this is what we stand for and this is the change we want." I think more people would be behind them.
Right now they are just a collective of everyone who is pissed off about something so it is hard for many to grasp what they want. Anger is good, but to effect actual change you need a message and organization.
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Indeed. It's impossible to win when you don't have a clear goal. All of the political leaders could say to OWS right now "ok, you win, we'll do what you want" and nothing would happen because they haven't defined anything specific they want, other than to complain.
I don't so much see conservatives or any other group as being against OWS, more people asking "what the hell are you talking about?" Of the various answers different protestors give, some might make sense and many answers are just not well thought out at all. For example, one popular Occupy web site demands that the First Amendment not apply to speech that makes a political point, that people shouldn't have the right to support causes they believe in. That's just silly. Speech with a political point is the main thing the first amendment is supposed to protect.
For these demands, it's not that people are anti-OWS, they're just anti-dumb.