Why people don’t like Occupy Wall Street
by tom acox on December 12, 2011
I am generally sympathetic in that I think the system is broke and at least these people are engaging in an attempt to have a conversation about it. But, this drives me crazy. This is like a citizen’s arrest meets reverse eminent domain.
Dear New York MoveOn member,
Occupy Wall Street, having been violently evicted from Zuccotti Park, is desperately searching for a new home in Lower Manhattan. Trinity Wall Street Episcopal Church has a vacant lot just a mile away that could be an ideal location.
As a group of Occupiers put it in an open letter, “We have asked the Church time and time again to grant us political sanctuary on their unused lands. It is time for Trinity to decide whether it is a Church or a real estate company.”
The group began a hunger strike at the site over the weekend, and Trinity responded by calling the New York Police Department and having the protesters arrested.
That’s why I created a petition to the Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper, Rector of the Trinity Wall Street Episcopal Church, on SignOn.org, which says:
With Occupy Wall Street facing a crackdown from the Bloomberg administration, the faith community needs to continue standing with the 99%. Trinity Church, don’t let the NYPD arrest any more people on your property—offer sanctuary to Occupy Wall Street!
Will you sign the petition? Click here to add your name, and then pass it along to your friends:
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=
268566&id=33637-10383768-WM% 3DHOFx&t=2 Thanks!
–Nick Sementelli, Faithful America
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