Something to think about.

You know, shortly after the last post I had myself removed from email chains altogether. Before that occurred however, I made one final notation..which was this.

"What would happen if I forwarded these email chains to the state and to the press? Tell you what, the day I leave..that is the first thing I am going to do."

Apparently, now, because of this, at least one person "has it out for me." A severely imbalanced keyboard commando that can't keep her own stories straight and feels the need to bully others into submission. Please lady...I worked in retail for years. A typical Sunday morning has you beat in spades, so stop wasting my time and my inbox space with your blatant stupidity..before you decided to email me I at least thought you were somewhat intelligent..a perception that has been greatly changed since.

Its kind of absurd, you know. A group of people claims to care so much about their personal image,
and what others think of them. Yet...they repeatedly let things happen that are not good for their personal image..or the movement period. The order of the day is bullying other people...or running off
and tantruming by doing their own thing rather than working as a group. The statement has been made that for the State to see us like this..they would be laughing at us.

Indeed, for we have met the enemy, and it is us.

To say it will get you chastised, jumped on, ridiculed or regarded in an abusive manner. What was once a unified whole has become factions, each trying to speak FOR the whole. Some of them happening to be quite fringe or just severely imbalanced/hostile to anyone that is not a part of their inner circle. One faction in particular seems to be quite dedicated to the destruction/ending of the encampment..and they have yet to actually provide real reasons for why we have to without fail be without an encampment.

Keep in mind, they are also not a part of the encampment, either, nor do they work with it. In fact, they have refused to work with it..and on occasion harassed its members. Largely in person, they usually refuse to discuss anything..their only real bravado comes from behind a desk and a keyboard. Then its like animals devouring each other.

To see these displays is enough to truly horrify folks. The curious thing is the sheer level of cowardice displayed during these events. The bullies and the manipulators are in full swing..but what is amazing is not what you hear but in fact..what you don't hear. We can't tell people "No." And we certainly can't tell someone to stop being abusive..or playing the victim.

We will argue for days straight about the use of language...however, what we will not do for at least a week is take care of our occupiers and get winterization straight, or help protect them from the rain. Or come up with a more adequate donation system...or situate the food situation in camp. Nope, lets take the least pressing matter and argue about how our own backsides appear to the whole..because clearly that is more important than starvation, dehydration, or exposure.

Yet, the moment you try to say something that isn't goody 100%..you become the enemy. Whistleblowers and critics aren't allowed in this Occupy, and in many ways we have come to truly act like the very things we claim to oppose. What is worse..these seem to be okay..and *allowed* as long as it doesn't clutter one's inbox too much.

Accuse someone of supporting women's abuse? Nothing is said.
Accuse someone of hacking their computer and getting threatened with a lawsuit over it?
Apparently that's fine!

Now, say something about these people on the other hand..then you're being a bully, and they are the victim. Isn't interesting how the bullies make themselves out to be the victim, and how they never know what you're talking about when you confront them?

The only cowardice worse than those that decide to be bullies is the cowardice of the silent consent of those that allow it to continue.

If Occupy Nashville really cares so much about its image, it should work harder on its followthrough, accountability, and transparency...rather than just leaving things to the bullies and professional victims that want to turn this into their own personal circus for their own private agendas that have nothing to do with Occupy. If what the email chains contain is *that* seriously worrying to them...

...then maybe we should practice what we preach and show in those email chains the same face that we show to the world. In a word, its called consistency..but it also means that of those two sides..one of them is real..and one of them is not..and we should get it in gear and make sure we know what side that we put forth is the real Occupy nashville.

If that real side isn't something we like..then letting it slide won't change anything. It just proves our opponents right. We either fix it..or as a whole..we deserve whatever we get if it hits the press and the state.

We don't like to hear it, but that is very much the reality of things..and we should always be more concerned about doing the right thing, not inflating our egos and protecting our backsides. That is what the government and our opposition does. We can't change them by imitating them, and it is insanity to presume otherwise.