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Nov. 12th, 2011 05:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
foolsguineaWe're not looking for your money; we're looking for your voice.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/11/at-occupy-camps-veterans-bring-the-wars-home/248220/
For Patterson, like the other vets I spoke to, the Occupy Movement has provided a way to channel their outrage and their energy. Their involvement has been a plus for the movement, too, because vets are extremely helpful if you are planning a tent city in a park -- they can get things done, and they are used to living in tents. It's worth noting the anti-war movement during Vietnam was given legitimacy after the vets became their voice (John Kerry for example). But the vets themselves take solace in the act of being useful.
Or as Patterson puts it: "I haven't had one nightmare since I've been here."
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/11/at-occupy-camps-veterans-bring-the-wars-home/248220/
For Patterson, like the other vets I spoke to, the Occupy Movement has provided a way to channel their outrage and their energy. Their involvement has been a plus for the movement, too, because vets are extremely helpful if you are planning a tent city in a park -- they can get things done, and they are used to living in tents. It's worth noting the anti-war movement during Vietnam was given legitimacy after the vets became their voice (John Kerry for example). But the vets themselves take solace in the act of being useful.
Or as Patterson puts it: "I haven't had one nightmare since I've been here."
