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November 5, 2011 - 7:09 am - by Roger Kimball
Jessica
2011-11-05 15:59:12

OWS is toast. They blew it royally, and lost much of the support they had in the beginning. The nightmare scenarios in New York and Oakland have convinced the public that they are an economic and cultural liability. NYC is still forced to give the police millions in overtime pay just to keep an eye on the protesters and their parasites, and their disruptive behavior has hurt both business and tourism. In Oakland, a day of peaceful demonstration degenerated into a day of Lets Burn Down The City Again. Made a very bad impression on all the folks watching on CNN and FOX. That’s why dozens of cities across the country have declared OWS persona non grata, and refuse to tolerate their presence. Because they got this political activism thing all wrong. They blew a once-in-a-lifetime chance to legitimately confront the poisonous corruption in our political and economic system. Now it’s only a matter of time before the agent provocateurs kick off the much-anticipated New York riots that will seal the movement’s fate.