Donny Deutsch: Occupy Wall Street Needs Kent State-Like Imagery (VIDEO)

Donny Deutsch made an eyebrow-raising statement on Friday's "Morning Joe" when he said that the Occupy Wall Street movement needed imagery similar to the Kent State shootings.

The advertising executive said that the movement first needed clear policy objectives. Then he said, "The other thing it needs, and I don't want this to come out the wrong way -- not needs, but what will happen -- if we think back to the late 60s, what is the most stirring image of all the rebellion that happened? What do we remember? Kent State."

"Now, I'm not saying someone has to get killed," he quickly said. But he predicted that there would be "a climax moment of class warfare somehow played out on screen" and "unfortunately some imagery" was necessary for the movement to get its message across to the American people.

"I'm not saying a death," he said. "I'm just saying we are a visual society." Co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski made concerned noises off-screen.

"Let's hope that doesn't happen," Scarborough said.

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[Joseph Watts]

02:10 PM on 10/22/2011

Let's get the momentum going to create a Constitutional Amendment stating that corporations are not persons and are not entitled to due process of the law. This may set the stage to overturn some bad court decisions and laws that have taken power from the people and given it to corporations. The 14th Amendment has been abused for corporate purposes instead of its intended use and we need to reset the balance in favor of the people. This will eventually result in tremendous positive effects. It will take a huge effort to accomplish this but we can do it!
Sincerely, Joey Watts

[Badgirl]

02:00 PM on 10/18/2011

Dear Mr Deutsch - want an audiovisual of the attitude that galvanized Occupy Wall St's campaign for decent jobs and economic equality ? check this out http://gawker.com/5827745/donny-deutsch-boldly-defends-sugar-babies

[Badgirl]

01:10 PM on 10/18/2011

Weeks ago, Deutsch defending young college aged women who sought economic security as "sugar babies" to rich, older "sugar daddies". He did say his own daughters "will never (have to) do this" because of their "privilege" upbringing and socio-economic status. http://gawker.com/5827745/donny-deutsch-boldly-defends-sugar-babies

[rolor]

08:51 AM on 10/18/2011

Don't know this guy.
Don't care to watch Morning Joe
as crass as his comments may seem, he's right.
A transformative event will carry this movement to historic levels of change.
A worldwide demonstration is incredibly signigicant, but even that's not been enough to convince enough of the right people to overcome their inertia. Change is always preceded by pain. How much pain is entirely dependent upon tolerance levels on both sides of the equation. This is an unprecedented event created by an unprecedented degree of global influence and inter-connectedness. It's impossible to predict what the tipping point will be or what form it will take, but there will be one and historic change has always been demarcated by violence. As unfortunate as that is, even Ghandi's peaceful protests were met with violence. Such has been the way of the world since the dawn of humanity. It would be a testament to the degree humanity has evolved if it were avoided and we can hold out hope that it can be... but... given the sheer degree of denigration expressed by many on these public boards and the dismissiveness by the majority of mainstream media, it seems unlikely. To compound matters; because this is a global revolution, a single or even a few deaths won't be sufficient to sway the tide and repair the damage that has been done to those who have had their hopes and dreams for change toward a better future ground into despair.

[CapitalismIsCancer]

08:51 AM on 10/18/2011

He has a point. It will take footage of the Wallstreet paramilitaries (like NYPD) tazering a woman into a heart-attack just out of spite.

..It's coming.

[InfinteShibumi]

12:41 AM on 10/18/2011

Really, Donny? You're good to look at and all, and sometimes you say something relevant--but this is not one of those times. In fact those clueless Kent State statements makes me wonder that I ever thought you were a serious counterbalance to some on the Morning Joe roundup.

[realpolitic]

12:39 AM on 10/18/2011

Why are the protesters accused of "class warfare" and the systemic campaign by Republicans to tilt the playing field toward the rich and the unseemly income distribution not so defined?

[rolor]

08:53 AM on 10/18/2011

If this is class warfare, then why are the 1% winning?

[realpolitic]

09:47 AM on 10/18/2011

The rich are fighting with tanks and the poor with sling shots.

[Badgirl]

01:22 PM on 10/18/2011

Class warfare? Check out Mr Deutsch's comments (aug 4, 2011) on college girls paying their student loans via "sugar daddies". If that does scream class warfare than nothing does.

[joesixpack]

12:08 AM on 10/18/2011

As if any more evidence were needed, Donny Deutsch is a dusche!

[Jivan]

11:19 PM on 10/17/2011

My former pastor's wife's brother was walking to his Kent State class that fateful day. He was not protesting but he stopped to see what was going on. Shots ran out. He was hit. He has been in a wheelchair ever since. This happened in America! The NYC police are acting like thugs, but hopefully they don't have loaded weapons. We the people have a constitutionally guaranteed right to peacefully assemble. What other recourse do we have? We don't have millions of dollars to bribe our congress like the corporations. All we have is that there are more of us than them!

[bluemirror]

10:28 PM on 10/17/2011

Scarborough needs to be taken off the show.

Mika does nothing to help matters.

Why is she there? Scarborough overpowers everything she does and says.

The guests on the show are "bullied" by Scarborough. Geist should be given that spot. He is witty and well read.

[realpolitic]

12:40 AM on 10/18/2011

You are so right about Mika and Joe.  Scarborough overpowers Mika and bullies most guests.

[catboycolo]

10:08 PM on 10/17/2011

now I don't have any facts to back this up. but DD is an idiot. Oh, wait, I have lots of facts to back this up.

[filiusj]

09:44 PM on 10/17/2011

It wouldn't surprise me if a righty did something violent in hopes of the protesters getting blamed. It's been suggested before.

[BeautifulOnDaOutside]

06:33 PM on 10/20/2011

Wouldn't surprise me if a lefty did, to give them that "Kent State-Like Imagery."

Actually, I don't believe this, and Deutsch is an egotistical idiot.

[filiusj]

09:33 PM on 10/20/2011

Remember this?

http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2011/03/24/email-to-walker-suggested-faking-attack-on-governor/

[Twrexx]

08:18 PM on 10/17/2011

I guess unarmed women getting maced in the eyes isn't enough for Donny. Or unarmed men getting punched in the face by police. Or horses running people down.

What would work for ya, Mr. Advertising Expert?

[catboycolo]

10:46 PM on 10/17/2011

releasing the hounds ;-D

[Twrexx]

03:30 PM on 10/18/2011

Ha. I saw that picture with Mr. Burns.

[gon4gd]

01:01 AM on 10/18/2011

Love it.

[davis brant]

08:13 PM on 10/17/2011

i remember kent state.
this comment is reprehensible.

[philss]

08:08 PM on 10/17/2011

donny is very insightful

[Badgirl]

01:39 PM on 10/18/2011

true, but its spelled "inciteful".