4 ms·
It wasn't a useless piece of turf, it was a park that the residents of the neighborhood, myself included, used to be able to enjoy. Now we can't, because hundre
by bowmessage 6y ago
It wasn't a useless piece of turf, it was a park that the residents of the neighborhood, myself included, used to be able to enjoy. Now we can't, because hundreds are camping on the area.
I am all for their cause, but I feel like the methodology of 'camping in a park' is not the right way to enact civic change at a policy level.
- undersuit 6y agoSo if the whataboutism of sleeping in the park were removed we could have a discussion about sharing the use of the park?
- freeone3000 6y agoYou can't go to the park, because it's too crowded, because people are gathering there to enact change. I'm sorry, I simply disagree as to the role of public space in a free society -- them occupying the park is the LEAST objectionable thing about this.
- bowmessage 6y agoHow is occupying the park enacting change? I thought the meetings with the mayor were excellent, but via this avenue, all they are doing is changing the park. There's a whole city out there where cops still operate under the same laws they have for many years. Protesters should try and change _that_, imho.
- CydeWeys 6y agoThat's exactly what the protesters are fighting for. Protests are almost by definition inconvenient to some people.
- IG_Semmelweiss 6y agoFinally! An actual resident speaks up. Interesting how divergent the actual residents feel vs everyone else Clearly this is a "fantastic idea" and "summer carnival feel" until they do it right on your back yard How about these occupiers propise taking it to the area or zone they actually live in?