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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
I'm the PP quoted. I don't watch Fox News either. But there are a few thugs giving the movement a bad name. Let's see...
In Novemeber, a woman protester at the Occupy Philadelphia encampment at City Hall was raped in a tent (reported on multiple news outlets, like ABC News). Sexual assaults have been reported from camps in Hartford, Montreal, Australia, DC, and Baltimore.  The protesters in New Orleans didn't notice a dead homeless guy for 2 days (death had nothing to do with them, just a body in their camp that no one paid any attention to). In LA, Madison, and Austin, there have been reports of public lewdness, including one allegation that a protester exposed himself and masturbated in front of several people, including children.

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This is what you base an allegation of "thugs" on? Yes, sexual assault of anyone is appalling. I can tell you that in the DC encampment someone was arrested for sexual assault and theft and at least one allegation in Baltimore (were there more than one?) turned out to be false. All in all the number of incidents you are able to report is amazingly small and I can't begin to see how you would use that small number to discredit the entire movement. What you listed are public safety concerns that would apply to almost any large gathering. When you claim that violent thugs are discrediting the movement, I would expect examples of people violently attacking police and/or innocent bystanders or taking other violent actions. What you cite are cases of common criminality and the sort of thing that the occupiers themselves participate in combatting.

You can all watch the "thugs" live here:

http://www.livestream.com/occupynyc

Complete with thug balloons and a brass thug band. They are thuggishly occupying a house that is marked for foreclosure.

BTW, what people do to their homes after foreclosure has nothing to do with OWS or the unfairness of the foreclosure crisis. Nice diversion attempt, however.
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