I’m still a little unclear on the point of Occupy Tucson other than being an outlet for frustration with the financial industry (something I totally understand), but now that Jon Justice is making fun of it, sign me up.

I thought for todays blog I would share with you the start of what I am sure will become a powerful driving force for change here in Tucson. Taking a cue from the Occupy Wall Street Protests, behold…. “Occupy Tucson”.

(Or it might just end up being a handful of protestors with signs on a street corner confusing people as they pass by due to their lack of a clear message because even they themselves don’t know exactly what they are protesting. But hey who can blame them, because it’s fun and cool to protest right?)

This was taken from the comments of the first video.

OccupyTucson.org We are the 99% it’s about time we showed ‘them’ how much power we have.

So if by “power” they mean they have the ability to stand around and look bored then I would say they are right on track. Judging by this awesome video below Tucson better take notice! I mean whoever made the video surely knows what they are doing given the fact that it’s got a rocking song in the beginning that drowns any of the inspiring words that I am sure are being spoken. Even after the music is over one must listen close to even make out anything being said. But you see that’s where the power of “Occupy Tucson” comes into play. They don’t need words to enact change. Witness the people standing around taking up space. Yes! You can see they are indeed “Occupying” an area and while they stand there, no one else can! Are you inspired yet?

This article appears in Sep 29 – Oct 5, 2011.

The editor of the Tucson Weekly. I have no idea how I got here.

8 replies on “Guess What Jon Justice Thinks of Occupy Tucson?”

  1. Congratulations, Rebecca! Your comment made the top ten list of terrible things people have said about me on the internet! Of course, nearly everything you said about me is incorrect, but the vitriol is still admirable.

  2. Rebecca, I am impressed you got lemming, jackboots, astroturf and patchouli into two short sentences! Bravo!

  3. Years ago I watched a fairly long protest parade at the UA. They had people marching, and flags of some kind, and were banging on drums or whatever, and not a clue to what they were protesting. That was my first thought when I read about Protest Tucson yesterday: What is their message? If they don’t know, they needn’t expect to pick up many followers.

  4. I thought Tucson was all ready occupied by the homeless. Whether drinking alcohol in public parks, washing up in the U of A library bathroom or randomly pushing pilfered shopping carts with the store logos ripped off the handles to prevent misdemeanor charges. These icons of failed leftist policies are there for us to see and remind us that government do-all-fix-all programs are here to help!

  5. @ Eric Linzmeyer….. I spent two years living on the street, (It was my fault) I can tell you that a majority of the homeless here in Tucson have some type of mental health issues. I regrouped and checked into a halfway house which allowed me to come in with no money and pay them back. If it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be typing a response to this post. Most of the homeless people have been abandoned by their families and the system. It’s a shame that here in the richest country in the world, we can not help people who have an illness through no fault of their own. Am I saying give everyone a hand out, no. What I’m saying is we can at least have some compassion and empathy toward what these people are going through. You should thank what ever higher power you believe in that you are not in that position.

  8. why don’t they have it at santa rita park? theres already about 200 people camped there, they can instantly double their numbers. and you know the current campers are in it for the long hual and can tuff out any weather conditions. they can carry on this protest for years.

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