He’s ba-aack: Freewayblogger
by Tom Sullivan
“How mad do you need to get?” — Freewayblogger. Photo: Freewayblogger.
There’s no way we can take four years of this bullshit, and no way in hell we’re going to take it without a fight. — Freewayblogger
This fight is going to be a long one. With friends already shell-shocked and wondering how to ward off activism fatigue, it puts a smile on the face to see somebody doing it with style and without having to rely on a computer or Mark Zuckerberg.
Freewayblogger is back at DKos:
How mad do you need to get? How many lies do you have delivered straight to your face by this administration? How long do you just sit there and take it?
I’ll be honest with you, if it wasn’t for a bizarre set of circumstances I’d never have started doing this. And if someone else had I’d think it was a great idea. I’d cheer them on, but I wouldn’t start doing it myself. Why? I don’t know. Same reasons most of you don’t I suppose: it’s too dangerous, I’d probably get caught, it’s just something I don’t do.
What would actually get me going? Probably the security of numbers. If I knew that thousands of other people were doing it I’d be right there with them. It doesn’t matter how cheap, easy, fun or necessary it is — so long as nobody else is doing it, I’m not either. It’s one of our most primal fears: the fear of looking foolish.
Five words that will get you into a world of trouble are: Why doesn’t somebody do something? They take over your life when it finally dawns on you that you are somebody. No doubt Freewayblogger heard them in his head. Now he speak truth to horsepower.
And here’s the ironic part — you don’t actually look foolish: you’re not even there at all. After the few seconds it takes to put up the sign, you just walk away. The relationship is over. (Okay, technically unless you wear gloves your fingerprints will be all over the thing, but if that mattered I wouldn’t be here writing this.)
Berkeley, CA. Photo: Freewayblogger.
Cardboard. Housepaint. Clothes hangers and bungees. America. He even shows you how.
Thousands served.
https://t.co/byFh8FaaEg pic.twitter.com/WH2639fL4Y— Patrick Randall (@PatrickRandall) February 13, 2017