One thing I'm surprised about regarding the Occupy Wall Street movement is how...quiet everyone was about the end of it.
I mean, yes. Peaceful protest is ended with a display of brute force by the government. (Read that, btw.) It's the classic cycle. But there was just this air of...submission to it. Like people were waiting to be stamped down.
Not that I think there should have been any sort of retaliation by the protesters. I guess the thing is that there was no one direction to the movement, except 'we are going to stand here and express that a lot of us are very unhappy with shit that's happening', so it wasn't really something that could have carried over into other methods of expression.
I know it's not really my place to question what happened, because I am not at all that sort of activist, I don't have the guts for it. I am the ambush-privileged-people-in-unexpected-places-and-talk-their-ear-off kind of activist (that makes me sound kind of weaponized, lmfao). I'm just wondering what happened.
ANYWAYS, something completely else:
dakfire and I did another brief Sherlock phone-text RP I thought I would share. ( UNDER HERE )
Anywayyyysss I was thinking of taking a photo of my hair as it is now, because I am not letting it get this long again. So I might as well let you all see it. I look like some freshman in high school who thinks he's a skater???
Do you guys want another stupid picture of me from my webcam? Is this something you desire?
ETA ( like you really thought I would wait for anyone to answer )
My pins are fucking amazing btw, I recently added a Captain America and an Iron Man pin. FUCK YES.
I mean, yes. Peaceful protest is ended with a display of brute force by the government. (Read that, btw.) It's the classic cycle. But there was just this air of...submission to it. Like people were waiting to be stamped down.
Not that I think there should have been any sort of retaliation by the protesters. I guess the thing is that there was no one direction to the movement, except 'we are going to stand here and express that a lot of us are very unhappy with shit that's happening', so it wasn't really something that could have carried over into other methods of expression.
I know it's not really my place to question what happened, because I am not at all that sort of activist, I don't have the guts for it. I am the ambush-privileged-people-in-unexpected-places-and-talk-their-ear-off kind of activist (that makes me sound kind of weaponized, lmfao). I'm just wondering what happened.
ANYWAYS, something completely else:
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Anywayyyysss I was thinking of taking a photo of my hair as it is now, because I am not letting it get this long again. So I might as well let you all see it. I look like some freshman in high school who thinks he's a skater???
Do you guys want another stupid picture of me from my webcam? Is this something you desire?
ETA ( like you really thought I would wait for anyone to answer )
My pins are fucking amazing btw, I recently added a Captain America and an Iron Man pin. FUCK YES.