Diminishing returns. That’s Occupy Monday in a nutshell right now.

Turn out has been low and that’s being kind.  Multiple arrestees had some nasty prior records. The public is tuning out their ‘big government is the answer, Amen!’ schtick.  Local media coverage less than enthusiastic — even from the official Occupy Monday outlet, WRAL. National media has pretty much blown them off.

Maybe it’s the increasingly radical, hyperbolic rhetoric or perhaps it is because Moral Monday has truly morphed into what I’ve said it was all along: A revival of Occupy.  It certainly would seem so given the announcement (scroll down)– “teach-in“.  That’s very Occupyish. About the only things missing now are a drum circle, Mic-checks and someone relieving themselves in public.

Well we’re coming up on the final Moral Mondays… we hope.

What you are about to read below is not The Onion or a parody. Note the very last line. I don’t care who you are, that’s funny. Almost as funny as the claim Moral Monday’s demands would be revenue neutral. The Left leaning NC Budget and Tax Center must be using Common Core Math.

MASS MORAL MONDAY Sit-In. Stand-In. Teach-In. Plan-In. Pray-In. JUNE 23, 2014 – 5:00 pm    Download Flier by clicking   HERE  and RSVP on Facebook.    The Forward Together Moral Movement is entering a new phase of organizing, mobilizing and coalition building as we embark on a Mass Moral March to the Polls.    MASS MORAL MONDAY Sit-In. Stand-In. Teach-In.  Plan-In. Pray-In.   Monday, June 23 at 5:00 pm!   This is it. As Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now…This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.”   We feel the fierce urgency of these regressive public policy choices. This is the time for vigorous and positive action here in North Carolina. On Monday during our rally, we will announce that the Forward Together Moral Movement is entering a new genesis and lay out plans for our Moral March to the Polls.    We are calling on EVERYONE to come to Raleigh next Monday, June 23 for a Mass Moral Monday Sit-In, Stand-In, Teach-In, Plan-In, Pray-In  . We will reclaim the People’s House for meetings and teach-ins to start planning for the good work of voter mobilization, registration and education ahead of Nov. 4. By entering the General Assembly and participating in the teach-in and plan-in, you will not be risking arrest and will be able to leave the building if asked by the authorities. We need to mobilize, march, sing, and protest like we’ve never done before.    For those who choose to petition the legislature through nonviolent civil disobedience, based on their own moral conscience, it is CRITICAL that you attend a briefing and information session beforehand.   Martin Street Baptist Church 1001 E. Martin Street, Raleigh, NC  Monday, June 23, 3:00 pm    All others can meet us at 5:00 pm at Halifax Mall! NOTE: You do not have to risk arrest to participate in Moral Monday.