Yes, it's wrong and unconstitutional and unfair, but is this a battle they can win? Yes, many can go to jail but what message does that send?
Occupy Wall Street is not about camping, its about crusading for justice.
Even Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (Not the Occupied version) is praising the protests.
"This Thanksgiving weekend, Wall Street should say a prayer of gratitude for Occupy Wall Street.
While some bankers and brokers have sympathized with or supported this ragtag protest movement, others grouse that they are being demonized.
But compared with financiers of the past, who faced nasty rhetoric, political hostility and physical danger, today's bankers and brokers seem like a bunch of babies when they whine about being targeted by these dissidents.
The "Occupy" rhetoric might sound overheated, but it is golden praise alongside what bankers used to hear."
At least some of the l% is hearing the message.
It's the 99% that the movement should aim at with actions and media that shows they are on their side and find more creative forms of outreach and organizing to turn a community of activists into a mass movement with demands that the people can resonate with and find ways of supporting.
Media hype can help but its no substitute for less glamorous organizing. In the end, that will be the test of whether the movement is "over" or over the top.
News Dissector Danny Schechter is covering Occupy Wall Street in his Newsdissector.com blog and will soon have a book out collecting his many reports since September. This was his TV report on Occupy Wall Street: http://tinyurl.com/6m53kf9
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