{"id":2682,"date":"2011-10-24T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2011\/10\/why-im-joining-the-occupation.html"},"modified":"2011-10-24T13:07:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T13:07:00","slug":"why-im-joining-the-occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2011\/10\/why-im-joining-the-occupation.html","title":{"rendered":"Why I’m Joining the Occupation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

By\u00a0Brian McLaren<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I never would have chosen the name \u201cOccupy\u201d to brand a movement. \u201cThe 99 Percent Movement\u201d works a lot better for me. But I\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t get to choose, because I notice the term \u201coccupy\u201d is kind of growing on me.<\/div>\n
What I don\u2019t like about it: it sounds aggressive, like the (to me) ugly and unacceptable language of \u201ctaking back the country.\u201d For a movement to avoid violent actions, it needs to avoid violent rhetoric as well, as Jesus made clear in the Sermon on the Mount. And deeper than rhetoric, it needs to be careful with the narratives it taps into. A case in point: \u201ctaking back\u201d (to me) walks the line of a revenge narrative, implying that the country used to be \u201cours\u201d and \u201cthey\u201d took it away. That scenario is problematic for a number of reasons, so I\u2019d rather steer clear of that kind of thinking\u2014and language\u2014entirely.<\/div>\n
A term like \u201coccupy,\u201d then, must not be employed unadvisedly or lightly. Its strength must be tempered and its potential downsides managed. And so far, that seems to be happening (here in the U.S., at least).<\/div>\n
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