• What’s the point? I support passionate people and movements even when I don’t agree with what they stand for, however the Occupy Movement has no focus and does not educate us!
• I support it. I think the middle class that is the backbone of this country has carried the burden for big corporations long enough. White collar crime goes unpunished while people are losing their retirements that they earned over many years of hard work.
• Support it totally! What a refreshing (excluding the violence that occurred in some of the locations) expression of free speech and direct democracy. It is a safety valve for all the frustration and anger over the continuing profits going to the haves while the have-nots struggle with unemployment, under employment, foreclosures, and astronomical tuition. I hope it will evolve into a groundswell of support for the “Robin Hood Tax” on financial transactions.
• Very bad joke, ninety five percent of the “occupiers” have no clue what the cause is, for them it’s simply an excuse to remain unproductive. • Support it. I support our constitutional right to assemble to make our grievances known when our elected representatives fail to act on our behalf.
• I think they are great. They seem to be expressing what they want while respecting the boundaries presented to them. Unlike the national movement, they have produced a list of valid concerns that a majority of Americans would agree with. I encourage everyone to Google “Occupy Gilroy Concerns.” They are legit.
• What’s the point! The “occupy movement” reflects absolutely nothing. • I really want to support it. I love the idea of having a full voice in our government. Sadly though, I have to say “What’s the point?” The movement is so unfocused. Every day they have a new topic of concern with little “movement” at all. The occupy campaign is alienating more people than it is engaging. We already have a say in our government – through our vote, and we already have a say in which businesses succeed or fail – through our purchasing dollars.
• Support it to some extent, yet not enough to participate in it. I believe that people with high incomes and the profitable corporations should pay their fair share of taxes. They don’t. I believe the heartless banks should work with struggling people to help them keep their homes. They don’t.
• Support it! This is democracy in action, and finally students are again beginning a movement based on true frustration and a vision of change. The problem is that it isn’t as focused as the civil rights era frustration was, so it is becoming a catch-all for discontent. And, there is no clear leadership – similar to what many feel is happening with our government.
• Misdirected. Occupy is a misnomer, nothing is being occupied. While the attempt is made, the logistic and techniques have failed and in Gilroy they just walk about. This is more of a protest with the point being to focus on the problems with banks, the economic system and the center of it all, Wall Street. The protest is misdirected and that these folks should be pointing to Congress, which passed the laws banks and financial institutions must follow.Â
