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While I understand the general sentiment you are espousing I really don't think the OWS protesers actually WANT more "Bad Police Conduct". I will admit that most OWSers probably understand how instances of this benefits their cause, but thats a far cry from wanting to get beat on the head, or tazed etc...There's been some video of OBVIOUSLY bad police conduct out of NYC; I think it was hoped there'd be more in other cities. Nothing along the lines of cracking heads, but tazing, clearly unwarranted arrests, etc. Though of late, that seems to have leveled off.
I'm not sure I agree with you here. To say politicians are using the OWSers is, in my opinion, putting the cart before the horse.... Think about it... The aim of any protest is to start a public dialog. If politicians actually start addressing these issues publicly the it would appear to me that the goal of starting dialog is met. Hell, the fact that we are debating it (to one extent or another) on these forums is proof in my opinion that it is in fact having an impact at some level. I will however agree that most of the public dialogues will most likely be kow-towing to the OWS merely up until election day at which point many of these politicians that may have enjoyed a boost from OWS will simply ignore them..... of course they also could actually get elected and start trying to address these issues just as easily.I know nothing about Boston's political climate, but both Cleveland and Cincinnati have Democratic mayors (the one on Cleveland is owned and operated by the Democratic party machine here in Cuyahoga County like a ventriloquist's puppet, I exaggerate not), and there seems to be some bizarre-o belief among these people that these OWSers and their bad bahevior will help get Obama re-elected. (I can't followthat reasoning AT ALL.)
So, many people are "using" the nitwits at these protests for their own political gain...and the young people apparently haven't got the wits to see that they're being used.
I just seem to be of the opinion that some (not all, mind you) of those in opposition to the OWSer's protests are really just upset that it is (at least temporarily) drowning out the drum beats from the various TP groups, yet others may genuinely disagree with the message and yet others are simply saying it's not my group... I don't like them.