Editor’s note: This article was first published in June 2011, as an opinion piece about the 15-M protest camps in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, written while they were still going on.
The #spanishrevolution movement represents society, and since its spokespeople were never elected, I think the rest of society should have a say in how it is being carried out. As we all know, some people agree with it completely, others reject it, and others are by now bothered by the protest camps.
As in any movement, some people are honest and take part for the good of society as a whole, while others become extremists, to the point of saying, as we’ve seen in one comment, “If the camps in Sol bother some people, screw them.” Clearly, not everyone thinks that way, and the protesters themselves are trying to reach an agreement and proposing alternative approaches. That said, what do the rest of us think about the way these demands are being made?
We’ve opened a new poll on Facebook to find out what people who aren’t taking part in the camps think. This kind of poll has one advantage: it isn’t rigged, and the result can’t be manipulated.
My own opinion is already public: I support the movement, but I’m not in favor of dragging out the camps.
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