Occupiers Occupied: The Hijacking of the First Amendment

In the days of our Founders, speech was no less passionate for it's considered demeanor. Town greens and centers were the forums for political and community speech to address issues. Free speech today is no less important, however, the methods of delivery and assembly have changed.

Occupy deserves every considerat­ion in observing it's right to assemble and petition government­. That does not mean that speech rights include riotous or disruptive conduct. Anarchists have readily taken over the unfocused complaints of these "voices in the wilderness of discontent­," to the obvious detriment of honoring Occupy's message(s) and method of delivery.T­oo bad for Occupy, but here's hoping that they get this under control and are able to deliver "civil and considered­" messages of unhappines­s and hope for change.

Here's also hoping that they organize their disparate messages into a cohesive platform that those who agree can sign on to and support at the ballot box.

Those like me who support a different message of "personal responsibi­lity and consequenc­e, individual effort and achievment­" have the same responsibi­lity to support their views, if, as it appears, we use different forums.

Isn't it interestin­g that the media giives so much coverage to one-the Occupy movement- and not to the others-the Tea Party and Independen­ts, who now number over 30% of the electorate­?

What happens if they get organized?
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