Graffiti on the wall of the Sun Trust building in downtown Pensacola is the first evidence that the peaceful protest is turning the corner into something less so.
Credit to RicksBlog for bringing the first signs of protest vandalism to our attention. No one has claimed credit for it yet, but I agree that this was the work of the Occupy Pensacola crowd camping out at City Hall.
Not counting the increase cost of law enforcement put upon taxpayers to babysit them, should we consider ourselves lucky that damages for the graffiti only total $2,000? Since there are arrests and rioting elsewhere in the United States, I guess we should.
But keep in mind, they are new at this. With a little help from labor unions, I’m sure they can be even more destructive to public and private property. It is what BIG LABOR wants.
Stephen Lerner , on the International Executive Board of the 2.2 million member Service Employees International Union, SEIU, said . . .
There’s moments in history where people take action and do something heroic. Where we do something heroic. Where we take risks.
If we are really serious about movement building then we think one part is we have to act heroically. That we have to inspire people by our actions and we have to be willing to take incredible personal and collective risks.
And that’s the time and there’s moments where history shifts and we’re going to decide if it shifts.
The protesters have a list of things they want you to contribute to sustain the encampment that they can’t sustain on their own.
Pensacola News Journal columnist Troy Moon wrote that these protesters are not unlike your neighbor. Just regular people. If they are like my neighbors, they would gladly pay for the damages that their kids created. So if you are inclined to send monetary support to this group, be sure to designate that it is to cover the damage and to reimburse the city, not to buy cans of spray paint. And Troy could write about how responsible your neighbors are.
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Is Troy Moon on some new experimental drug of some sort? Have you seen that photo of him? Really looks spaced out! He should go back to his job at McDonald”s managing the deep fryer. Leave being a journalist to the pros!