Photos From Occupy Chapel Hill Sunday Morning October 16
These photos were taken about eight AM on Sunday October 16 at Occupy Chapel Hill by your humble webmaster, Mo. For folks protesting the greed of Wall Street, it seems odd and ironic that two people were using high end high dollar Apple Macintosh computers and at more than five people milling around were using iPhones and various other internet connected smart phones. However, it's certain that the irony would be wasted on the protesters who will simply never understand the contradiction.
I don't find it ironic that some protestors were using Apple products. This corporation has not gambled with American taxpayers' money, nor has it abused the financial system and its inherent loopholes in the same way that Wall Street firms have. It is a success because of innovation, something that no sane person could argue against. The only way I would find it ironic, or contradictory as you said it, would be if these protestors were financing all these purchases on credit cards, etc. But since you seemed to judge them based on appearances alone, I also assume you didn't ask whether or not the products that you judge them upon were financed by the corporate greed (esp. of banks) that they rail against. (Like me, they could buy everything with cash.) In criticizing them, you bring to mind critiques by Herman Cain, a politician whom neither traditional, sane conservatives or democrats take seriously.
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