Lili - from the start, this piece felt uncannily familiar, articulating as it did my own similar perspective (albeit more eloquently than I could) ... and then as it went on, just like in your piece, virtual engagement started to mesh into actual engagement, as I realized I was part of your breakout group that night. I think I was the first guy to express my "pro but with reservations" stance in our subgroup-of-10. I was really glad we had your eloquent and unwavering voice as our speaker that night. I hope the nonviolent outreach lexicon we advocated for wins out, over the usual anarcho-machismo rhetoric. The choice of language will make much of the difference, I think.
On The Livestream Ended: How I Got Off My Computer And Onto The Street At Occupy Oakland
Lili - from the start, this piece felt uncannily familiar, articulating as it did my own similar perspective (albeit more eloquently than I could) ... and then as it went on, just like in your piece, virtual engagement started to mesh into actual engagement, as I realized I was part of your breakout group that night. I think I was the first guy to express my "pro but with reservations" stance in our subgroup-of-10. I was really glad we had your eloquent and unwavering voice as our speaker that night. I hope the nonviolent outreach lexicon we advocated for wins out, over the usual anarcho-machismo rhetoric. The choice of language will make much of the difference, I think.