Occupy Wall Street protesters are now protesting wealthy neighborhoods

Taskr36, this time, and because of what I went through today with the "Occupy Long Beach" movement. I have to say that I was not happy with what one of the protesters did, and I know that I should not judge the the whole group based on what this one person from the movement did, but this did raise a Hell of a lot of questions, and I know what I said before, and I know that I said that I empathized and sympathized, and that they knew what they were doing, but these people don't know what they Hell they want. So, here's what happened to me today: Those of you who are sympathizers or part of the movement, brace yourselves for what I have to say because this makes me question everything about you, and I will even give you advice as to what you are doing wrong and why people are not going to take you seriously: I was at the Subway Sandwich Shop in Long Beach, California, when a protester with a Subway cup, came in to get a refill from the restaurant, and apparently she had been doing this periodically, and as she was getting her refill she asked my boyfriend and I a question, she asked, "So, where do you guys work?" (She had seen our t-shirts), and our reply was, "Oh, well we don't really work, we are volunteers for the Long Beach Comic Con." Then she said, "Oh, cool, so you should get the people down there to come and 'Occupy' with us, join the movement." Then she got her drink right in between my boyfriend and I, and then just left. My boyfriend and I could not believe this. Some of these protesters where going into places like Subway and trying to get people to join their restaurant while mooching off of the restaurant. I could not take this women or these people seriously. Now, Steve Lopez who writes for the Los Angeles Times spent time with these people, and he states, "They are all talk and no action for the 99%," and now I know why he stated that after spending a day with them. Okay, no with this being said, my questions, and my advice: Questions: What does the 99% really stand for? What to do you all really want? What kind of change are you hoping for? Who do you think that your movement is going to help? How long do you plan on doing this movement, and who is going to benefit? What do you, overall, truly hope to accomplish? What is your, overall, purpose? Now for my advice: If you want us all to take you are seriously, quit mooching off of businesses and hardworking people. Start wearing business suits or work clothes, start passing out job resumes or laptops to apply for jobs online, start helping people get job training, and really demonstrate and show that you want employment and that you really want work if that is what you really want. Also, leadership? Who is your leader, and do you have true leadership? If this is a no, get some, otherwise, people are still going to think that you have no organization and no real power. Show that you stand for something, or else be considered a joke. Show that you really mean something because right now, I am seeing a lot of people out there who don't know what they want and they don't know what they stand for and they are using dirty tactics to get what they want when they don't even know what they truly want. Start showing the world what you want by actually doing something. If you all cannot stand for something, then again, you stand for nothing at all. Prove to people that you all mean business, that is my advice to the "Occupy" movement if anyone is listen. I do sympathize and empathize with people who are trying to get by and who are working hard for what they have and want, and people who are doing everything that it takes to get a jobs, but at the same time, if you don't try to do something to show that you want it, then what are you doing marching and protesting, when you don't even demonstrate action for what you want? I am not a protester, I was a sympathizer, but now, I can no longer sympathize because you all are not doing anything to show that people should have your sympathy, again, help people get employment, and then you can complain that it's not enough. Don't mooch, and don't try to get people to sympathize when you all can't "walk the talk." Do something!

I completely agree with you this is class warfare but the OWS Protester didn't shoot first did they? I dont think so, and I agree that they should not have set up shop in the "rich folk neighborhoods"... They should have just marched through there and stayed until curfew, I being sarcastic, Civil rights leaders didn't just march in the black neighborhoods, they didn't sit-in in black establishments only that wouldn't make any sense at all. The whole point of protesting is to peacefully and effectivily get your voices heard... mission accoplished. All Im saying is that it wouldn't have got them much publicity by making camp in the poor neighborhoods!!!

They are becoming a joke, that much is clear. There is no central message or if there is it has been lost in the actions of the crowd. They are a clueless bunch. Not all rich people live in "rich" neighborhoods. Many live in very modest homes and neighborhoods. They live modestly and don't make a big show about their wealth.

I do not understand the whole class warfare thing. We were poor as church mice and I remember eating mush for supper--only later in life did I realize it was because we didn't have enough money. I was taught that if I stayed in school and worked hard I could be anything I wanted, even rich. I saw examples like Prez Lincoln, the local newspaper publisher (who wasn't rich but had a nice house and happy family), my teachers who loved what they did, etc. These Occupants don't seem to have any goals or role models. Why do they resent the rich? What are they doing to better themselves besides sitting around complaining? They are not proposing any type of social improvement ideas, or anything to make education easier to get, no ideas on how children can have one parent at home for stability and emotional support, no suggestions on how to stop the epidemic of children growing up in fatherless homes. All these things would promote economic equality but I hear nothing like it from the Occupants. Just whining. These people can never be rich, they don't have the drive or the ambition. They just want to take what everyone else has. They've proven that--not one constructive idea on how to solve financial "inequality" in all the time they've been protesting. They have no right to invade any neighborhood.

Why are you defending the rich?

To say that the protesters are angry because they are jealous that someone else beat them at the game of life is misleading and wrong. People don't want handouts, they want equal opportunity. It's that Wall Street is cheating! For example, if regular joe needed to borrow money, he'd have to borrow it at market interest rates. Banks, however, get interest-free money from the government. To make it even worse, instead of investing this money, banks buy U.S. debt and securities which pays 2%-3% interest! Even a chimpanzee couldn't screw this up! This is essentially free money from the U.S. government. And do you know who pays taxes on U.S. debt interset? That's right, the taxpayer. So, it's you and I that end up footing the bill. It is unfair that banks get to borrow interest-free money from the federal government while everyday people have to borrow that same money at the market rate. They're not jealous because of others' success; they're angry because Wall Street is cheating! They just want an even playing field. Success is the national religion of America.

Private property with no goal. That sounds about right. That seems to be their MO. If you recall, this is how they started. Come occupy with us. We dont know why we are protesting, but protest we will! What about families that inherited their homes? If they are so against big business and big money, explain George Soros and his ilk. I have been and will continue to ignore these protesters. There is a big election coming next year, I dont think these people can make it, no job= no money, no money = no food.

Well, when their whole point is about harassment and hate, I guess they have to go to where the people they hate live, in order to harass them.

For the most part I'm on the side of the "Occupiers" but I'm not against wealthy people simply because they're wealthy and I really see no point in protesting a wealthy neighborhood. The movement is not about class warfare, in my opinion, but it is about inequality and the way big money and corporations have taken over everything, including our government and politics. There shouldn't be such a huge gap between the "working class" person and someone in the top 1%. I'm all for everyone working hard and trying to make as big a success of themselves as they can and I have no problem with businesses making profits but the way things have become is obscene. The ones waging "class warfare" are those who aren't in favor of increasing taxes even the tiniest bit on anyone EXCEPT low and middle income people. Do these so-called job creators really think they can continue to make record-breaking profits if the only ones who can afford their products and services are other million and billionaires? The "99%ers" are consumers and they need to have some spending power to help get and keep the economy growing again. Annie

The protestors are so misguided it's not even funny. If they're really serious about this then they'd march on Washington, not New York or Portland or Oakland or anywhere else for that matter. Wall Street isn't doing anything illegal. The rich aren't doing anything illegal? Are they greedy? Yes. Are they criminals? No. They're making their money withing the confines of the law. So if the protestors have a problem with that then they need to be protesting to those who make the laws that allow Wall Street to profit the way that they do. But of course that would mean protesting Obama and his failed policies, something these brainwashed sheep don't want to do. That's why they're targeting Wall Street and the rich because it keeps them from having to protest Obama and the other dems. Honestly, I wish the protestors would just illegally immigrate to Canada and let Canadians see what we have to deal with in the U.S. with all the illegals. Or maybe we can trade all of these protestors for all of Canada's rich people.

WHat nice people....protesting in a neighborhood that probly had a bunch of children in it. Probly scared the parents too bad to let their kids play outside. And probly scared the kids. THIS IS class warfare at it finest....you have it...i don't...so I am going to protest and villianize you and demand you give me what you have. THey are also protesting what makes this country great...working hard and being successful...I thought that was the american way. I guess the new american is instead of working hard for it...i will just demand the other guy give it to me. Lazy..stupid...idiots..I would use other words but I am trying to be polite.

Looking back on it all now, weren't most of those 1960s antiwar pacifists really just aspiring communists? I think it was media that willingly distorted what they were about and it's media that keeps distorting these types of things. I obviously wasn't alive then, but I do take the word of people who were when they tell me, and when I read the unflattering history of the era. I think the same type of thing is starting to happen here, so I'm trying to pay really close attention to exactly who's showing up, why they're showing up, where they're showing up, and what they want. People supporting this group say it's not fair to generalize them as anything, but then they generalize them as peaceful and intelligent. People tell me that I should look at one of those websites to see where this group stands, but then I see that the actual message is 20:1 what people actually say and do to what the group's supposed mission statement is. For every hard-working, patriotic, peace-loving person in attendance at one of these events, there seem to be 20 more who are all about yelling and screaming, blindly being a part of something, or worse, angry, bitter and resentful of people who have wealth in general because "wealth" is something they think should be taken away and spread around. I do wonder where they'll protest next.

I think that behaviour is absolutely appalling and should be returned to where it belongs ie Russia in 1916, most of the so called top 1% are not bankers at all but they are instead creative productive industrialist and entrepreneurial individuals who build up the economy, make jobs and add value to people's lives with their products. It's sad that some people can't make the distinction and brand everyone who is wealthy as a crook, when that is not true. Some of them need to work on improving themselves instead of throwing rocks at productive people......

Should be jailed if you ask me... some people work damn hard to earn the nice house and comfy car that they own

I am not american but i am following these news since beginning so i think i could comment on this.This movement looks like taking wrong turn now. Protest was against frauds committed in big companies but this is now looks like socialism ,left thinking kind of things.This is not good thing.No one has gain from class war and socialism in history.DO not take this rout.