#Occupy Logic

                The Occupy Wall Street had many goals. To raise awareness about the lengthening gap of economic imbalance our nation is facing, leading to the ever so trend setting “We are the 99%.” The main way they decided they were going to make themselves heard was no ordinary protest. They organized a long term protest to sit outside on Wall Street in hopes of slowing down the people working at the stock market and make them wonder what they were really doing to our economy. It was Widely successful and televised and reported on a great deal, and with the increase in popularity the #Occupy Movement spread across the nation, even branching into our own backyard of Missoula, MT. Once it reached the smaller cities like Missoula, people started camping outside of city halls and libraries to protest, since they didn’t have anything so consequential as Wall Street, and show their support.

                Looking back on it a lot of people were very gung ho about it. But after a while it kind of died. Instead of making a statement about how there is a large social and economic gap in our society, it is now just a bunch of people camping outside of town halls all across the Nation. When was the last time you heard anything about the Occupy Wall Street? Personally, it has been a while. It took a long time to even figure out if the original Occupy Wall Street in New York was even still happening. They have just become background noise that no one is listening to or cares about any more.

                I believe that instead of staying there indefinably, and just making our city hall look like a hobo hut, the ENTIRE movement should have protested for a short amount of time. Even if it was a few weeks  long protest, FINISH the protest, but promise to return next month  and the month after that, until things have been changed. That way the news and social medias could actually do a story about in every now and then instead of just letting it die. A news report loses interest if it is always the same. “Sure enough Bob, they are still here, and they still support the same causes. Now back to you in the studio.”

-Kristian Stipe