Occupy’s form may be different, but some things haven’t changed.

“We’re still getting arrested,” Elijah LoPinto, of Occupy Allentown, said with just a hint of sarcasm.

LoPinto and others were outside of the Bank of America in Bethlehem to criticize the handling of Gorczynski.

Gorczynski's case has attracted national attention in both independent and mainstream media. He is charged with terroristic threats and disorderly conduct after bringing signs to banks reading, "You're being robbed" and "Give a man a gun, he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank, he can rob a country."

To Gorczynski’s critics, his signs created a sense of danger in the bank, and a bank teller involved had the right to call police, as she couldn't presume that his signs were not threats but political statements.

To some Occupiers, Gorczynski's charges are extreme, and they send the wrong message about speech and activism in a community that was one of the three sites where the Declaration of Independence was first read aloud.

“It was really not well-thought-out on his part,” McDonald said. “But I think the fact that they charged him with bank robbery and felony terroristic threats, I think, is kind of ridiculous. I could understand if they gave him a trespassing charge, but, according to Dave, he left when he was told.”

Occupy versus the Tea Party

While appearing at the other end of the political spectrum, the Tea Party movement shares some things in common with Occupy. Both organizations see something wrong with the structure of the federal government.

“They ... believe in civil liberties,” McDonald said. “It may be Second Amendment more so than the first amendment, but they're against a police state, and they are pro-Bill of Rights.”

Whereas the Tea Party believes the problem is in a bloated government, Occupy members see the “control corporations have over our government” as the root of that problem, McDonald said.

And, yes, McDonald has a job.

“I have a job, and I'd say 90 percent of the other Occupiers in Easton and elsewhere do have jobs,” McDonald said.