[identity profile] enders-shadow.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] talkpolitics
http://labornotes.org/2012/02/chicago-occupation-challenges-corporate-school-agenda

This isn't terribly big news. But it does show that an occupation of space can lead to a positive result.

To be fair, I felt occupation was a silly tactic back in early September 2011. I've come around sense then.

Have you? Does this article mean anything to you? Does it make you think that maybe occupying spaces is a tactic that gets results?

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Date: 22/2/12 19:34 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com
A lot of it wasn't their fault, and a lot of it wasn't legal.

I have my doubts. I'm certainly not taking their word for it, and the Occupy Homes lunatics have not really differentiated between legal and what they deem as illegal foreclosures.

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Date: 22/2/12 20:43 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meowchica.livejournal.com
lunatics is a strong word for people who are spending all of their time trying to help others - whether they're succeeding or not.

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Date: 22/2/12 21:05 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dwer.livejournal.com
Jeff isn't interested in people who aren't explicitly about law and order, especially when they're long-hair hippie types.

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Date: 22/2/12 21:31 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com
More that I'm less interested in giving the government more power to solve issues the government created. Which, you know, is the exact opposite of "law and order types," so yeah.

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Date: 22/2/12 23:20 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dwer.livejournal.com
and that's related to this conversation how?

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Date: 22/2/12 23:26 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com
Damned if I know. You're the one who tossed out the random nonsense about me, I had to correct the record. Again.

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Date: 22/2/12 21:31 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com
It's a strong word on purpose, though. They're, on a whole, not advocating for sane policies or advocating for reasonable things.

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Date: 22/2/12 23:22 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dwer.livejournal.com
yes! keeping kids in school? Why on earth would they advocate for a school to do such things???

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Date: 22/2/12 23:26 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com
You really think that this will keep kids out of school? Really? How?

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Date: 23/2/12 00:43 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dwer.livejournal.com
ah. You DIDN'T read the article. Noted.

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Date: 22/2/12 23:04 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-new-machine.livejournal.com
How does what they're trying to do reflect on their mental faculties? I know folks who buy into that "Common Law/sovereign citizen" BS who think they're helping you when they tell you you don't have to pay taxes. Doesn't make them rational.

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Date: 22/2/12 23:18 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meowchica.livejournal.com
well I assumed he meant the lunacy of what they're doing, but you're correct that it means nothing as to whether or not they're actually crazy

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