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Occupy Wall Street: Is It Becoming Your Father's Movement?

Occupy Wall Street

First Posted: 10/13/11 01:15 PM ET Updated: 12/13/11 05:12 AM ET

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Christian Science Monitor :

For a movement that burst into life on the sleeping bags of college kids, some of the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters are getting downright long in the tooth.

This week alone, the Raging Grannies and the Granny Peace Brigade have turned up to show solidarity.

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For a movement that burst into life on the sleeping bags of college kids, some of the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters are getting downright long in the tooth. This week alone, the Raging Grannies a...
For a movement that burst into life on the sleeping bags of college kids, some of the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters are getting downright long in the tooth. This week alone, the Raging Grannies a...
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theepitviper
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08:14 PM on 10/13/2011
All the demostrators are accomplishing is n o t h i n g ! If they want to change things there are the correct channels to do so. All they are doing is making arshes of themself.
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evesapple
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03:48 PM on 10/13/2011
Never say Die!
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Guest211
Stars Exploded to Make Me
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02:35 PM on 10/13/2011
No, my father is not a dirty hippie.

Next question.
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evesapple
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03:47 PM on 10/13/2011
Oh that's so 60's. Hippies aren't dirty.
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rsxsims
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12:53 PM on 10/13/2011
no, my father is not a marxist/communist/socialist, who wants to forcibly redistribute wealth...he believes in hard work and voting for people who believe in America, not socialist rabble.
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