re: #8 Lidane

He’s got a point. One of the first Occupy-style protests was WWI veterans protesting to get the government money they were promised:

The Bonus Army: How A Protest Led To The GI BIll

True, but those men had a better case and could point to a legitimate accomplishment they had done for the nation. Most* of OWS cannot make such a claim.

*: Most, not all. Those in OWS who have served with honor may indeed be held on the level of the Bonus Army.