I'm totally over-reacting, especially given the vast influence I know I have over these matters. This is a reaction to all of the posts I've seen (here and on Twitter and FB, etc.) with people calling for boycotts of companies that support SOPA. The final straw for me was a call to boycott GoDaddy because of their support for SOPA. I mean really: -that's - why you'd boycott/not do business with GoDaddy? Not over their offensive/tasteless (IMO) ads or other solid reasons not to use them...SOPA? Really?
I agree with you that what many people seem to be missing is the blatant disregard for due-process that legislation is veering toward and the media's encouraging the public to choose torches and pitchforks over due-process. I love that we now have so many alternative outlets for information/news besides traditional media-- it's ants vs elephants, but they're better than nothing. Hell, the average person and their cellphone camera and YouTube can now make a huge difference!
Oh, and just for you: there's a commercial on tv now that has a dog that looks eerily like Apache. (http://www.poptent.net/media/26719/9)
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Date: 2011-12-23 10:08 pm (UTC)I agree with you that what many people seem to be missing is the blatant disregard for due-process that legislation is veering toward and the media's encouraging the public to choose torches and pitchforks over due-process. I love that we now have so many alternative outlets for information/news besides traditional media-- it's ants vs elephants, but they're better than nothing. Hell, the average person and their cellphone camera and YouTube can now make a huge difference!
Oh, and just for you: there's a commercial on tv now that has a dog that
looks eerily like Apache. (http://www.poptent.net/media/26719/9)