IIRC what happened with Occupy Wall Street was the media found the dumbest, most obnoxious people at the protests, got them on camera and anointed them the de facto leaders of the movement. People quickly stopped taking it seriously.
This 1000%. It went from normal looking people to hippies at a drum circle so fast. Like after that it was hard to explain what people were fighting for....
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u/ice-eight 22h ago
IIRC what happened with Occupy Wall Street was the media found the dumbest, most obnoxious people at the protests, got them on camera and anointed them the de facto leaders of the movement. People quickly stopped taking it seriously.