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CTyankee

(63,926 posts) Thu Apr 24, 2014, 04:38 PM Apr 2014

6 votes, 0 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	YES. It was a valuable indicator of the changes that would come
	3 (50%)
	NO. It was just a flash in the pan and an ineffective tool for change.
	1 (17%)
	It's too soon to tell.
	1 (17%)
	Other (please explain)
	1 (17%)
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Has the Occupy movement now been vindicated? (poll) [View all] CTyankee Apr 2014 OP

It was suppressed by a centralized coordinated DHS effort. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2014 #1

To the extent it was an expression of rage at the kid gloves the finance folks Benton D Struckcheon Apr 2014 #2

Occupy discussed CLASS - TBF Apr 2014 #3

Yup. nt 2naSalit Apr 2014 #17

It helped to put on display, the brutality of the corporate state, Skeeter Barnes Apr 2014 #4

I don't know about that. Perhaps it was just a beginning. Skeeter Barnes Apr 2014 #10

I have mixed feelings about the Occupy movement. Xyzse Apr 2014 #5

Oh, but we HAVE "personalities" to rally around! warrprayer Apr 2014 #18

It never needed to be vindicated. WilliamPitt Apr 2014 #7

Sorry, but past tense means you don't know it is still ongoing. Rex Apr 2014 #9

An invisible behind the scenes social movement hack89 Apr 2014 #12

Occupy is but one of several threads in American culture hack89 Apr 2014 #20

Time will tell. Nt hack89 Apr 2014 #23

They've TOTALLY Changed The Narrative... WillyT Apr 2014 #13

Not really, since it was about 35 years late ... frazzled Apr 2014 #14

The last gasp of democracy warrprayer Apr 2014 #19

It is still an ongoing necessity. Zorra Apr 2014 #21