Honest to goodness, I could watch this all day. All day. The occupiers turn down Congressman John Lewis but it’s not just that. You’ve gotta’ see this. I do have to warn you that the way they repeat everything kinda’ freaks me out. More than a little.
October 10, 2011 at 12:54 pm
This is the funniest video I have ever seen concerning these foolish protests. It just shows you how ridiculous the whole thing is. The way they repeat everything is very weird. Apparently, the burn out aging hippies from the 60's that we all hoped had finally grown up and taken a bath are apparently still at it, brainwashing a new generation with the help of union thugs.
October 10, 2011 at 2:59 pm
Umm, let's buy a couple of bull horns and go do this. It looks like fun. Who elected the guy in red? Shouldn't they be passing this around?
Look I really want to have some sympathy with some of these folks; SOME. But I just cant seem to find any continuity or semblance of purpose.
Again, a couple of bullhorns and a few greyhound tickets could make for some fun times.
October 10, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Looks to me like a combination of kindergarten where everyone gets their turn, with Vladimir Lenin as the Teacher. Of course, Congressman Lewis is no stranger to hijacking a crowd with spontaneous shouting down of speakers. Really strange. Everything by consensus, for kickstarting democracy.
October 10, 2011 at 6:18 pm
After five minutes of listening to the people just repeating the same things I started to have a real sense of physical discomfort. It reminded me of the assemblies of the "Giovani Balilla" the Italian Fascist youth organization during Mussolini's regime. I could not just keep listening to it. I am unable to find it amusing, it is just plain creepy. I will try to listen to the last 5 minutes later in the day.
October 10, 2011 at 6:34 pm
It's the call-and-response of a liturgy. Unfortunately, they're not responding to the Lord; they're calling up something darker. Ick!
October 11, 2011 at 3:48 am
The crowd repeating the words of the speaker, line by line, is something known as human microphone. Apparently it is a communication technique developed/popularized by the Occupy Wall Street crowd since NYC requires a permit for amplified sound. (http://www.npr.org/2011/10/06/141109428/the-nation-we-are-all-human-microphones)
The Occupy Atlanta group has a megaphone, so it seems to me they don't need to do the Human Microphone thing — just being trendy I guess..
October 11, 2011 at 4:07 pm
"This group makes decisions by consensus! We do not have a consensus!" Boy. Well that sums it up!
When I was in business school, they tried to teach us how to run things by consensus, and forced us to use the method for team projects. Having just come out of the Army, I couldn't get my head around it.
Eventually, I convinced my team to try it my way. With one person leading, and others supporting. We elected the leader based on putting our trust in that person's general abilities and values, then supported his decisions, until the project was over or there was an utter failure of some sort.
We were able to knock out our projects in – literally – 5% of the time of the other teams with results that were as good and often better.
This video is just another demonstration of how communism DOESN'T work. When everyone has the same thing, no one stands out, nothing moves forward, nothing gets done.
When people are recognized for their unique God-given qualities as individuals, we have the starting place for growth and movement.
October 11, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Reminds me of Andy Kaufman. On youtube: "The Real Andy Kaufman"(Bergduck channel) singing the "Animal Song".