I think many agree with the 99% message but I think most doubt the effectiveness of the movement.
Presently, the whole focus of the OWS is not on the 99% and 1% but on the parks and the camps and what do they stand for and if they are effective?
How does that in any way signal that OWS is a growing and healthy movement is beyond me.
One thing you fail to note is the tea party has crazy nuts but we know what they stand for, less govt and lower spending and they have organized to be very effective in the govt itself and make OWS seem like a joke.
Another point Tea Party supporters VOTE GOD DAMN IT!!! OWS think the whole system sucks, and do not vote and that is most young people's view as well.
We always forget that... Polls are meaningless as a whole... all that depends is the people who vote.
Poll after poll always show Americans supporting liberal values and what happens on election night?
Americans support all of these things yet Republicans get a ton of votes... Ask your self how does this happen?
OWS does want to bring change, but it wants to do so in a unclear and unrealistic manner and therefore it will not succeed.
About the parks, dismissing the problems is a bit snobish. The parks especially here in Canada have been become a homeless shelter and frankly gather 100 homeless people and you are going to have a ton of problems. I think no one wants the homeless to live in our parks so I think that is reason enough to dismantle the camps on public property.
Research on the movement is that is a disorganized mess, that needs to get its act together. OWS symbolizes why the left in America has been so useless as a political force for the past many years.
