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Susan Scheid's avatar

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head, with regard to the importance of media coverage, I noted Kara writing that media coverage was lacking, and I am sure that was a topic of discussion internally. This is a problem we are all facing in combating issues relating to the scourge of gender identity, whether through NVDA or via other means, so it’s not surprising Kara/WDI faced the same problem. I don’t know what the answer is, either specific to that event or generally, other than that we all just need to keep plugging away at this in the ways that make most sense to each of us.

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Hazel-rah's avatar

They just need to be live-streaming all their events from multiple 3rd-person perspectives including at least one that is disguised so that it'll capture the violence even after antifa attacks the camera people. And they need to protect themselves better from infiltrators.

Bodycams (1st-person perspective) are fine for proving to the police that you were attacked, but they don't make good primary video for the 6 o'clock news, since they end up mostly being a blur or obscured when the action happens.

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Lupa's avatar

We don't know what has been discussed in the planning meetings so excuse me if I'm presumptuous here. There are many techno gizmos that I'm sure would be helpful in any public event such as this. It's not cheap, of course.

Maybe some "burner phones" instead of personal ph full of private info? I'm not very techy but I remember when I attended demos, I went "clean" ie I had an old backpack and only carried stuff I wasn't afraid to lose. $ and keys in my shoe... The olden days...

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Susan Scheid's avatar

Well, you are kind to add “as usual,” Coastal. I feel less certain about that!

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