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jasencomstock:

jeffmiller:

chaptertwelve:

“A businessman tries to pass Occupy Wall Street protesters blocking access to the New York Stock Exchange area Thursday.”  (via CNN)

How noble, preventing that man from getting to work.  He’s clearly the devil.  Can’t you tell by his suit? 

I wonder if Charlie Rangel had any difficulty getting to work today.

Imagine, pictured above:  Abortion protestors prevent a doctor from entering the Planned Parenthood office where he works.  I get that they aren’t throwing bombs.  But is it still nonviolent in our minds?

Physically using your body to contain or restrict the movement of someone is violence, if you ask me.  When a husband stands in front of a door and refuses to let his wife leave, that’s violence.  When a crowd uses its collective, brute force to block a man’s path, that’s violence too.  Unless you’re Bart Simpson, and you think it’s okay to say:  “I’m going to be swinging my arms like this, and if any part of you should happen to get in the way, that’s YOUR problem!”

They are physically using their bodies to prevent people from going somewhere. They are being violent and committing a crime and violating other people’s civil rights.