I work across the street from Zuccotti Park and yesterday we were told to try to get here early because of all the planned disruptions on the "day of action". What a joke. They were going to interrupt the NYSE opening. Stock Market opened on time with no problems.
This movement has no leadership at all. And because of this there are minimal disruptions today. There are just leaderless groups milling around lower Manhattan with no direction. No one knows what they are doing. The one thing I did see is when a group tried to push past a barricade where people who work down here were going through, the PEOPLE pushed back.
Speaking as someone who works down here, and what I feel is more and more becoming the feeling of the residents and employees in lower Manhattan, OWS has more than worn out their welcome. In the beginning we supported you. We accepted that you had a message, and were fine with your protests. But you've been disrespectful, and not at all mindful of the people that live and work down here. You are supposed to be taking on the big guy, but you are doing nothing but pissing off the little guy.
Word is that they are planning on disrupting subway service today. This is New York, and I wouldn't suggest pissing off New Yorkers. Cause a disruption on the subway and the NYPD won't be the ones dragging you out.
OWS while a good idea has failed because of the very reason you thought it would succeed. No leadership at all. No leadership gets exactly what you have today. Confused mobs milling around lower Manhattan with no clear direction or objective.
Are you people so oblivious that you don't realize that you aren't hurting the 1%? They don't give a damn about you or what you are doing. However the guy that mops the floor, and the girl that answers the phone are being forced to wade through a sea of @ssholes to get to their jobs.
So yes, your day of action will produce action. We The People are tired of you interrupting our lives. You people don't give a damn about the people that live and work down here. We are tired of you and you've been pushing us for 2 months. And as I've seen so far this morning from my commute to work, we are starting to push back.
And really, do you really think that the NYPD doesn't know how to handle you? That you are going to overwhelm them? Let me explain something to you. This is not Oakland, this is not Charlotte, or Seattle or any of those other places. Every December 31st more than a million people congregate in Times Square, an area roughly the same size as lower Manhattan. And every December 31st the NYPD does a fantastic job of keeping the peace and order. They train for this. They know what to do.
Source: http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/17/8857449-occupy-protesters-take-to-the-streets
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