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Grrr. Occupy infiltrators.
Mar. 9th, 2012 07:53 pmChurches, including my temple, have been bringing food to the Occupy movement in DC. The Occupiers have stood fast despite the Superbowl weekend raid.
Now the new tactic is infiltration.
When temple members brought food, they were met with some guy in dreadlocks who's new to the movement. That guy did all he could to convince us to leave, the Occupy movement's now got drugs and gang members blah-blah-blah, he said.
To the people who were delivering food. Uh-huh. Trying to scare off the folks who are feeding you?
Of course, we know the Occupy. We have delivered food five days a week for months now to the same people. It's the same core people. (Dreadlocks!guy is new, of course.)
A reporter was there (a fellow working on his Master's). Noted the dreadlocks!guy and said, yep: infiltrator.
Oh! I met several of the Occupy DC people in person last week (I mostly help with making sandwiches and shopping at the temple).
Wow.
These are some noble people. I mean, there's an air about them that's really impressive. They had the manner of what I imagine the original Christians to have been like, back when they were regularly getting thrown to the lions: calm, determined, clear-eyed ... if a bit tired and worn, physically run down.
Meeting them, I was so heartened. We have such people as this in the world today.
Now the new tactic is infiltration.
When temple members brought food, they were met with some guy in dreadlocks who's new to the movement. That guy did all he could to convince us to leave, the Occupy movement's now got drugs and gang members blah-blah-blah, he said.
To the people who were delivering food. Uh-huh. Trying to scare off the folks who are feeding you?
Of course, we know the Occupy. We have delivered food five days a week for months now to the same people. It's the same core people. (Dreadlocks!guy is new, of course.)
A reporter was there (a fellow working on his Master's). Noted the dreadlocks!guy and said, yep: infiltrator.
Oh! I met several of the Occupy DC people in person last week (I mostly help with making sandwiches and shopping at the temple).
Wow.
These are some noble people. I mean, there's an air about them that's really impressive. They had the manner of what I imagine the original Christians to have been like, back when they were regularly getting thrown to the lions: calm, determined, clear-eyed ... if a bit tired and worn, physically run down.
Meeting them, I was so heartened. We have such people as this in the world today.