Iconic Protesters

[stewstewstewdio]

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service. - John F. Kerry

As I had threatened, another Occupy Wall Street post. November 17, 2011 is the 2 month anniversary of the nascent movement. As of last month, most Americans lacked an opinion of OWS, which is

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[prisoner__24601]

Did you seriously just make a comparison between what happened in Tiananmen Square and what happened to this guy? Am I misunderstanding what you're trying to say? Because I gotta say, as someone who is watching from the sidelines and hasn't quite yet decided how she feels about the OWS protests, this kind of overblown rhetoric isn't helping your cause.

[stewstewstewdio]

Did you seriously just make a comparison between what happened in Tiananmen Square and what happened to this guy?

No, I didn't. Did you seriously read the OP?

[prisoner__24601]

Then what, exactly, do you mean by this?

Considering America’s capitalist reputation around the world, I would be very surprised if this is not being portrayed in some countries as America’s Tiananmen Square in principle.

Because I'm not understanding you - which is sort of a problem, as you're the one with a message you're trying to get across.

[blue_mangos]

I think what he was saying, and he can correct this himself if I am wrong, is that a lot of foreign media, which often has an anti-American government bias, might be presenting this case as a turning point in the movement. Add into that countries that have had their own recent protests that led to change, with pivitol figures in most of them, and I can easily see them latching on to this as the American version.

[prisoner__24601]

Ah, thank you. That makes much more sense to me.