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Julia Brennan's avatar

Alices Restaurant

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Jim Hancock's avatar

Absolutely, good take. Officer Obie.

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Kathleen Pfeiffer's avatar

You have more courage than I do. My local police might very well lock me up! I could try!

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Closer to the Edge's avatar

Go ask questions on behalf of a friend.

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CardsBBFan's avatar

As anyone in the Military will tell you: “Freedom, isn’t Free. There needs to be action! This type of civil obedience is good but takes time. A dozen Million Person Marches in every MAJOR AMERICAN CITY, and a general strike, combined with a complete boycott for a predetermined time period would make a lot more impact

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The Tristero Weather Service's avatar

ACTUALLY – I think organized "cells" of 25, at dozens (hundreds preferred) of stations across the country, simultaneously (or nearly so) would at the very minimum be a significant media op. This idea is being discussed on F&L–CttE Fb page now.

Me? I think it is a brilliant, creative, engaging, fun form of protest. So I will keep watch on the fb post, and also remember to call my friend to get her to call her lawyer friends to recommend a civil rights lawyer (correct?) in case I get locked up (a call which I have been, uh, forgetting to make for a couple of months)

Sharing this elsewhere. Thank you, @ClosertotheEdge. I love it. It's so REAL.

"Alice's Restaurant" to the Nth !!! Thanks for the opportunity of the pleasure of revisiting. (And, yeah you bet your ass – we should sing it the stations.) I'm listening now . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57gzA2JCcM

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DottieD126's avatar

I live in Florida. I absolutely would get locked up. So, I guess I’d better saddle up! 😁

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Chris Kuebler's avatar

I'm in the blue oasis of Atlanta, in an otherwise savage and rotten red Georgia. This could work brilliantly where I am locally as we have lost of PoC wearing the shield.

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CardsBBFan's avatar

I’m not being dismissive of the original idea… just find that larger more visible ideas are usually more effective and the economic pressure the strike and boycott would make are probably more effective. Just my opinion.

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Yvonne McCarthy's avatar

Agreed. I hope everyone who wants to make good trouble feels strong and supported enough to do it, in ways that work for them. But - we need to hit the big money who really run this country in their wallets, hard. General strike, boycotts - it's all about the money bottom line. F47 and P2025 are just just collateral damage, as long as their profit margin is good and they can keep convincing us WE need THEM. Until Citizens United is repealed, it's going to be an uphill battle.

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LeeAnn's avatar

Mine would arrest me. I think they're a bunch of what I like to call "yahoos".

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Jan Markham's avatar

Absolutely brilliant series. Hoping I have the courage to do this myself. Love it

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Chris Kuebler's avatar

...yeah, I think Imma try this. I have the courage to do it. I just don't have the courage to answer to my wife if they think they need to hold me for 48.

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e t's avatar

Well done. I've been smiling since the first part and thinking - Is Arlo Guthrie guest writing this story?

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Amy Lawrence's avatar

I actually told one of my kids I was going to turn myself in, then read this. 😉

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Lois DuBois's avatar

ROOK. YOU ARE MY HERO

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Chris Kuebler's avatar

Mine, too! I was a fan girl first!! :)

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Suba Srini's avatar

A great idea for a movement! Wow!

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r hamalian's avatar

The beginning of the end....

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Vickie Saenz-Brown's avatar

Brilliant!

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Marjorie's avatar

Brilliant, humorous, sobering.

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Denise's avatar

It’s an excellent idea. On a regular basis, it would be good to see people check into their local police station to identify themselves as being anti-fascist in sufficient numbers to get attention. Who knows, it might make a movement.

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Mika Anderson's avatar

Fuck yes!! I love this story and the bravery you showed. Wouldn't that be a moment in history if millions of us all did this at the same time?

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Seth Kaplowitz's avatar

Bravo, Rook! I like the persistence.

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Sherry A Kaufman's avatar

Alice’s Restaurant indeed. I have to admit I am scared to do what you describe. Hummm…

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Christopher Cochran's avatar

… another way to handle things: never let anyone outside the family know what you’re thinking … 🤘🏿

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Jeff Urdank's avatar

Boom! 🎤 ✊😎

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