NYT: Our demand is simple: stop killing us.

[LoveTrains]

Anyone else catch the lead story in the NYT magazine this weekend? It is very long but an excellent read.


www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/magazine/our-demand-is-simple-stop-killing-us.html?_r=0

Curious to know your thoughts. I thought it was a great story about the power of these two people to help start a movement, and also about the important role of social media in modern movements. 

[decemberwedding07]

“When I tweet, I’m mostly preaching to the choir,” he said. “But the heart of the movement is in the actions. It’s in shutting down streets, shutting down Walmarts, shutting down any place where people feel comfortable. We want to make people feel as uncomfortable as we feel when we hear about Mike, about Eric Garner, about Tamir Rice. We want them to experience what we go through on a daily basis.”
Chills.

[pixy0stix]

May 5, 2015 10:08:43 GMT -5 decemberwedding07 said:

“When I tweet, I’m mostly preaching to the choir,” he said. “But the heart of the movement is in the actions. It’s in shutting down streets, shutting down Walmarts, shutting down any place where people feel comfortable. We want to make people feel as uncomfortable as we feel when we hear about Mike, about Eric Garner, about Tamir Rice. We want them to experience what we go through on a daily basis.”

Which was when all the handwringing about "zomg they're going to protest tree lighting ceremony where there are KIDS" wailing started, I posted that it was about damn time white suburban mothers felt disturbed.