"The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about". That is a quote by Wayne Dyer seen near the beginning of this video, I think it is a pivotal meme that speaks loud in this era of protest.

I think that the occupy movement was a good chance to make politics sexy for the public again. For decades we have seen voter turnout dwindle, and the knowledge of political theory go right out the window as people tune out the political discourse. Occupy gave us all a possible forum, where ideas could be debated, and where everyone could be free to discuss ideas that in other forums might be ignored outright.

The failure with occupy was the focus on the geography, and not on the idea of the forum itself. Occupy lived in the media more than most occupiers will accept as they blame the media for presenting a one sided view. We saw in the first days of Occupy Wall Street that even among those who discounted the physical movement there was a desire to speak about the economic and political issues we are living in.

I will remember the occupy movement for the forum it created for the public, and the interest it generated on all sides of all political debates, not for the tentcities or chaotic desire to come up with a directive or motive for the forum.