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Originally Posted by Diavolo

First, I am consistently bothered by references to Nazi's, brownshirts and the Gestapo. While it could be argued that Martin Niemoller was right and we need to stop this at it's root, in deference to the 11-17 million murdered Jews, ethnic Poles, Soviets, homosexuals and people with disabilities, can we agree to not use that language?

Secondly, we have seen time and time again, police over reacting to these Occupy crowds. Not ok. Not ok by any stretch of the imagination. We cannot be excused away as dirty hippies. I'm a businesswoman. And I am the 99%. I am appalled by what I saw at the Davis campus. The Chancellor is in the middle of a horrific shit storm just like the Mayor of Oakland. I hope when this shakes out we will find that she is as horrified as we are with the the cops did to those students and professors and the cops are fired.

We have to be vigilant and we have to understand what this is about. It's about equality. It's not about socialism or even communism. It's about every body pitching in their fair share. Most of the ultra wealthy in this country pay less taxes than I do. And have way more influence. Shouldn't we have an equal amount of influence? Shouldn't corporations be legal entities, not "persons"? Shouldn't the people who screwed up this country, the bankers in particular, be held responsible for their actions? That's what I keep seeing from the OWS folks and I agree wholeheartedly.

actually we use this language already in the sense that Bush created "Homeland" Security....a term only used by nazi germany and yet no one has mentioned that. that being said, i'm quite undecided on my position in this specific argument. i think it's a slippery slope. i'm just not sure if we're already on it or if not...do i wanna go there?