The fact that OWS is such a contentious subject just goes to show what a flat-out rotten job these groups have done in publicizing their demands. I'm sorry, but I just don't give a rip when people say, "I'm mad." Really, I just don't. Tell me precisely what you're mad about and then what you think should be done to remedy the situation. Broadly condemning "the system" and asking for "change" is unproductive, and is like a two-year-old's temper tantrum. All it does is make me want to give them a "time out."
Now, don't mistake me; I *do* feel wronged.
By whom? Others within the 99%, I'm afraid. Blaming banks and mortgage companies for the mortgage crisis is a bit like blaming gun companies for shootings or knife companies for stabbings. I just can't do that. If you pull the trigger of a gun, what happens after that is positively *your fault*. If the gun merchant broke a law by, say, not checking your background thoroughly before selling you a gun, then that's what they're guilty of and that's it. They are not the murderer. Where has the concept of personal responsibility gone? I'm so sick of this "victim culture" we live in.
I put a 25% down payment on my house and my house's value has declined by almost that much since I bought it. Who do I blame? People who saw a monthly payment figure on their loan papers that was unsustainably high and yet went ahead and signed, only to enter into foreclosure shortly thereafter. They are not the victims in my mind, they are the culprits, and I cannot support a 99% that includes those people. Get them out.
10-20-2011, 08:23 PM
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