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The Occupy Movement Has Inspired Me To Get Involved
  • MattSuttles January 2012 +1 -1 (+3 / -0 )
    I've been an armchair activist for years. I've known for a long time that there were alot of things in this country that I wanted to help change, from the lack of basic civil rights given to lgbt people, to the silencing of protesters' free speech rights by politicians and police, to laws like the Patriot Act and the NDAA that strip away our basic constitutional rights under the guise of keeping us safe. I've wanted to do something but it was always easier for me to protest from the safety of my computer as I'm not a very outgoing person by nature. That's just one more thing I want to change.

    My point is I've had enough and I have to stand up and do my part, even if it's not easy. As far as I know I'm the only person in my small town of Dayton Tennessee who is willing to get involved in activism, but even if I am I can't be silent anymore. I hope I can find some people in or close to Dayton on this forum who will stand with me and protest against the injustices in my home state and America in general, but if it comes down to me standing by myself holding up a sign and informing the public about laws like the NDAA that's what I'll do. Seeing all the brave people at the Occupy protests standing up for their rights and the rights of others, even as the police drag them away for exercising their first amendment rights in a way that Mayor Bloomberg doesn't approve of has inspired me to get involved.

    Agrees: MundusVultDecipi, slave, whitefeather

  • whitefeather January 2012 +1 -1
    Bravo Matt. I take my hat off to you. Stay strong. It gets easier with time and others will join.
  • slave January 2012 +1 -1 (+1 / -0 )
    Thanks MattSuttles for sharing. We all feed off of each other for good or bad. This is a journey that crosses several generations. But it is a much worthwhile journey as it brings dignity to so much of our truly impoverished lives where we have been indocrinated to deny our collective interdependent cooperative nature. This is our chance to live a life bigger than our shrinking feeble self through each other collectively and synergically and for posterity beyond our lifespan.

    It is not where we start, but how far we are willing to go, casting our two-dimensional automaton egotistic helpless and clueless virtuality within a toxic decrepit society, and transforming into a dynamic three-dimensional autonomous cooperative interactive entity in the living body of a vibrant humanity.

    Our biggest strength is each other. Matt you just made us stronger.

    Agrees: whitefeather

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