JRand, I know I'm generalizing, but that's similar to the attitude I see that drives me nuts. I see in some (not all) young people a real sense of entitlement - in the sense of they don't seem to think that they have to really work hard to get what they want, they are entitled to have it all immediately. It drives me crazy. I think that's why I don't take the protests going on very seriously
Not everyone down at Occupy Wall Street is "young". In fact, all ages seem to be represented. Alas, some "factions" have started making some very radical statements in order to garner attention from the press - both local and national - and they're starting to skew the whole purpose of the protest in a direction it was never meant to go.
What interests me the most right now about the whole situation is the police response to whole event, protest. Even early on, it seemed liked the NYPD was preparing for the worst to happen, the true worst - when there didn't seem to be any sort of threat of violence - or major inconvenience - to anyone around them. There has been some great "objective" coverage on Twitter and YouTube, and I'm sure somewhere down the line there will be a slew of charges of overt force and wrongful imprisonment. -But, who knows? Maybe because everything is happening so close to Ground Zero, there are some other "threats" they are taking into consideration.
Maybe I'm dense, but I just don't get it. I keep trying to figure out what they want to accomplish and I still haven't seen a straight answer from anyone interviewed. The last interview I saw from someone there was "I see this movement as a movement of movements". huh?
I get the being mad about the economy, but occupying Wall Street isn't going to change that. If they are upset there hasn't been an investigation of what happened, shouldn't they be mad at the president, attorney general and congress who haven't investigated? Shouldn't the protest be where the laws are made and the investigations are done? It just doesn't make any sense to me. I guess if I really knew what they are trying to accomplish I would see it differently.
