Yes it is. That definitely makes it not a grass roots organization. It may have started as one, but with that kind of backing from Corporate America, it is no longer...
-----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:00 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Occupy Atlanta says - Don't talk to the police.... It does appear to be dishonest claiming to be a grassroots organization yet getting most of your funding and organization from either very rich benefactors or special interest groups, like Freedom Works. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> very true. if a group is receiving most of their funding from a well >> funded special interest group or very wealthy benefactors, like the >> Koch brothers, then that completely distorts the intended message. It >> becomes astroturf in the eyes of the public. No matter how >> meritorious the message, its invalidated. > > > I'm not sure that the "public" is generally aware of funding, or even > of the real messages these organizations are putting out. > > I'd also say that, personally for me, as long as the message is > obviously well thought out and not flirting with the edges of > acceptable behavior and tone, I'm willing to listen to it. I'd like to > think that I have a fairly accurate bullshit meter. Most important > really is the ability to tell when you need to research a wild claim > before automatically buying into it, rather then simply drinking from it's source. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351204 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
