Gaaah. Protesters...

[Inspector Fowler]

Normally I'm not a super political guy. I educate myself and I vote, and that's normally as far as I go. So I don't post a lot about politics in the forums I visit.

But these Occupy Fort Collins protesters are killing me. Now they have permission from the local bike co-op to set up a tent city on their property. They're begging for donations to keep the protests going 24/7. Wait - you are protesting how the rich are manipulating the system so they can stay rich, and to keep protesting you need the middle class to donate "environmentally friendly food staples"? I thought they were barely scraping by! How can they afford to give you guys food or a "portable toilet"?

I often joke that hippies are my natural enemy, but I'm starting to think it's true. I hope that the neighboring businesses start whatever process they need to to declare this some kind of nuisance and make the city kick these lazy *******s back to their parents' basements.

[blacklabel]

I'm surprised they didn't just take over the bum park by Rodizio's.

[SideShow Bob]

I'm surprised they didn't just take over the bum park by Rodizio's.

The bums would kick their arses and rob them.

[sniper7]

The bums would kick their arses and rob them.

If that happened I would be wishing I owned the nearest liquor store...if the "99%" idiots even had anything!

[Inspector Fowler]

I think if they took that over the city could do something about that. The bike co-op seems to be private property. Besides, we all know that real hippies don't actually co-mingle with homeless people, they just look like them.

[sneakerd]

That's rich!!

[KevDen2005]

I think if they took that over the city could do something about that. The bike co-op seems to be private property. Besides, we all know that real hippies don't actually co-mingle with homeless people, they just look like them.

Don't forget smell like them.

[68Charger]

While I haven't seen them (I don't have a reason to go downtown much- if you don't know me, I'm not much of a "townie" )

There are reportedly protesters at Acacia park downtown COS... the police were considering kicking them out for "illegal camping" but have since decided they're not harming anyone, and will let them be. http://www.gazette.com/articles/poli...s-springs.html

I'm not sure how I feel about that... I may have an opinion if I went there more often, and was accosted by them in some way. At least I know where I could go with my "I am the 53%" sign if I was so inclined to not have a life.

[Inspector Fowler]

We drove by them last night at around 0400 and it was pretty sad. A handful of disorganized and freezing people standing in a parking lot. I honestly wouldn't have been able to tell most of them from homeless people, and I'm not joking.

[sneakerd]

AND the protestors SMELL like the homeless!!!