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- Viktor is a small town southern boy living in Los Angeles. You can find him on Twitter, writing about pop culture, politics, and comics. He’s the creator of the graphic novel StrangeLore and currently getting back into screenwriting.
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Damn !! they mean business!
Love it! This is what occupy movements all over the nation need to do. Make the politicians and the fat cats nervous.
I have a question Vik, how effective do you think these types of things are? I understand that it feels great to be active and taking your arguments to the people who are oppressing you. (Who am I kidding, it feels wonderful!) But most of the folks I know who are more right leaning, when they see these types of things they get mad and throw up their walls of defense. They aren't open to any kind of conversation or sympathy. If anything it makes them that much more bullheaded in what they think or feel, less likely to listen to what we may have to say and less sympathetic to the other sides' view points.
You can hear the folks at the dinner in the video booing and hissing, and I know none of them went home thinking maybe we're wrong. And they maybe even less likely to consider it after the demonstration. I know these events and glitter-bombing and all that stuff are great for media attention and making the "protester" feel good because they are actively taking the fight to the other side. But in the long run do you think they may do more harm than good? What other ways are there to elicit the same feeling of non-apathy within us but also elicit thought provoking, mind changing conversations with those who have differing opinions than some of us?
Again, I understand the joy that can come from taking an active stance against oppression. I just wonder if ultimately this means of doing so will serve the cause in the most fruitful way. What do you think?
I think it will set a tone in the future. The message is semi-clear: Stop taking all the money are share! However, if they can't articulate their point of view, they will be lost like the Tea Party.
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