http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/11/the-clear-present-and-positive-goals-of-occupy-wall-street/ Informed reflection on the events of the day Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.23 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/11/the-clear-present-and-positive-goals-of-occupy-wall-street/comment-page-1/#comment-20288 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:44:00 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=9647#comment-20288 It’s amazing what first-hand experience of participation will do for one’s perception of OWS. I wouldn’t entirely discredit the analysis of sympathetic (or not so sympathetic), yet quite distanced, observers, yet I think the potential for misunderstanding is much more palpable. To partake in its culture and share the interpretive framework of most of the protesters is to understand OWS. Then order can be made of what might otherwise appear to be blurry and incoherent. This is particularly so in understanding that because the process of consensus is so time consuming it may appear as if nothing is really getting done, when in fact, even if it is frustrating at times, it is necessary for the solidarity of the movement to do things that way.

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