Declaration of Occupy Wall Street

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jillio said:
Legitimate sources are available. Some just choose to ignore them in favor of the fringe sites.
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There's a reason why I don't use quotes from blogs or some of my favorite sites.
 
jillio said:
Blogs can hardly be considered a legitimate source. It is one person's opinion.
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I haven't yet tried to find a "legitimate" source.

"I don't believe it because the evidence is from a blog, not a legitimate source."
"Here's one from a legitimate source."
"Now I believe it."
 
Beowulf said:
I haven't yet tried to find a "legitimate" source.

"I don't believe it because the evidence is from a blog, not a legitimate source."
"Here's one from a legitimate source."
"Now I believe it."
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Generally, it goes more like this:

"I don't believe it. It's from a blog."

"Here is a legitimate source."

"I still don't believe it. That is just a bunch of lies."

;)
 
jillio said:
Generally, it goes more like this:

"I don't believe it. It's from a blog."

"Here is a legitimate source."

"I still don't believe it. That is just a bunch of lies."

;)
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Yep. A lot of times, others demand you provide a source for information simply because they hope you won't find it, and if you do find it, they will dismiss it as lies. :hmm:
 
Beowulf said:
Yep. A lot of times, others demand you provide a source for information simply because they hope you won't find it, and if you do find it, they will dismiss it as lies. :hmm:
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Yep, I have seen that happen quite frequently, as well.
 
deafskeptic said:
In short, if it has info that you don't like, it's not legit..
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Exactly. But you will see people who engage in this behavior also turn around and post sources from the most unreliable sources or research where all they have looked at is an abstract.
 
jillio said:
Exactly. But you will see people who engage in this behavior also turn around and post sources from the most unreliable sources or research where all they have looked at is an abstract.
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The CI threads are an excellent example of what you just said. :P
 
Bank of America Corporation (BAC) Stock - Seeking Alpha

Thursday 11:53 AM The Massachusetts attorney general sues Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan (JPM), Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo (WFC), and Ally Financial over "deceptive conduct in the foreclosure process." The Mortgage Electronic Registration System, or MERS is also named as a defendant.

This is what OWS was about...corruption in banking practices that led to devastation of millions of Americans.
 
DeafCaroline said:
Bank of America Corporation (BAC) Stock - Seeking Alpha

Thursday 11:53 AM The Massachusetts attorney general sues Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan (JPM), Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo (WFC), and Ally Financial over "deceptive conduct in the foreclosure process." The Mortgage Electronic Registration System, or MERS is also named as a defendant.

This is what OWS was about...corruption in banking practices that led to devastation of millions of Americans.
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Exactly. I believe this has been going on because of what I was getting in mail re banking practices.
 
DeafCaroline said:
This is what OWS was about...corruption in banking practices that led to devastation of millions of Americans.
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Do you mean that only because of the OWS movement they finally went after BOA?
 
Reba said:
Do you mean that only because of the OWS movement they finally went after BOA?
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I didn't say that. I said this is what OWS is protesting against - corrupt banking practices. Not sure how you inferred otherwise?
 
DeafCaroline said:
I didn't say that. I said this is what OWS is protesting against - corrupt banking practices. Not sure how you inferred otherwise?
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So the system works, even without the OWS protests? Banking corruption gets investigated and prosecuted, even without the help of OWS?

Just checking.
 
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