Hey Starry... did you read your PM? :cheers:
It has been mentioned about how people view protests by survivors in relation to the social elite. Well, having experienced several situations like this I can say that for the most part, I guarantee that the only folks that think we're crazed out lunatics are the guilty parties at hand. There is a dividing line there. On one hand, you have survivors of a most diabolical corporation speaking out, garnering support amongst those folks who "I didn't know about that", or people who are in authority and "didn't know about that" until the protest, then you have the guilty ones and their associates/supporters at a clearly divided level with the guilty.
Classic case... September 11, 2003, Location: TD Waterhouse Convention Center Orlando FL. After a few hours of protesting SAFE, I, Sammie, RB, and some other survivors and friends of same went to the "Vegas in O'town" event there that featured celebrity, political, and whatever other elite folks from all over the place. SAFE stood to gain tens of thousands of dollars in donations that night. (until we showed up) We handed out over 500 flyers (BOYCOTT SAFE!) and talked to scores of "elite" folks. Sammie confronted Brian Seeber right out front there, in plain view of hundreds of very wealthy onlookers :roflmao: He stood about 3 centimeters tall after that. My favorite was when "Miss Orlando" broke away from her entourage and requested a flyer and brief description from me. She gave it to one of the "bodyguards and said, I'll read this later and then shook my hand and told me thank you for what you are doing..."
Out of all the folks that took the flyers, only ONE turned around and shoved it back in my hand, LOL. I later found out that this person bears a striking resemblence to a former STRAIGHT executive and recent PFC program director... So, in my book, that's 500-0. Not only that, but the next year SAFE was not invited back to that event and the following year, neither was the "Anchor Foundation". This is proof that survivors have credibility in the elite crowd. It may not be publicly acknowledged, but I'll tell you what, we have LOTS of credibility in that regard!!
The point is that I truly believe that survivors have LOTS of credibility when they challenge the GUILTY mo'fo's in their elitist environments. That museum award show, well, those folks are on a different level in society and from their perspective I bet deep down inside they had to love what we were doing. If they didn't, then they are truly uneducated and/or no damn better than the GUILTY mo'fo's, hence their support is neither needed nor wanted at that point.
