Friday, October 21, 2011

“It began, as it so often does, with a drum circle”

Schism and apostasy among the sans culottes.
“The sunshine protestors will leave,” said “Zonkers,” a 20-year-old cleaner and longtime occupier from Tennessee. (He asked that his name not be used due to a felony marijuana conviction.) “The people who remain are the people who care. You get a lot of crust punks, silly kids, people who want to panhandle ... It disgusts me. These people are here for a block party."

As the communal sleeping bag argument between Lauren Digion and Sage Roberts threatened to get out of hand, a facilitator in a red hat walked by, brow furrowed. “Remember? You’re not allowed to do any more interviews,” he said to Digion. She nodded and went back to work. But when Roberts shouted, “Don’t tell me what to do!” Digion couldn't hold back.

“Someone has to be told what to do," she said. "Someone needs to give orders. There’s no sense of order in this fucking place.”

Update: Heh. “All we are saying…is give us a bath!”

2 comments:

  1. Ya just has ta know how ta talk to them...

    http://tinyurl.com/3g59of7

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  2. In 1920's-30's Russia these hissyfits would lead to how many thousands dead?

    I don't know whether to be contemptuous or proud.

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