“Redirect the passions” of marchers “and to amplify raised voices with votes cast,” writes @CharlesMBlow.
Protest 101. “The people want their pain and anger registered.” Not the same as a coherent social movement.)
Jury duty: “As I drive home, I’m sorry it’s over,” writes Dave Winer. http://scripting.com/davenet/1996/03/01/juryduty.html#2
The time I experienced jury duty as a gift to me. http://10x14s.smallpict.com/2014/12/04/#a1417695221
“The nation can’t structurally and emotionally assault black kids and think they’re going to turn out OK.” http://gawker.com/my-vassar-college-faculty-id-makes-everything-ok-1664133077?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_twitter&utm_source=gawker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Martin Luther King, Jr. interprets messages that are in the air during a time of social unrest and rioting. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/28/1348118/-Riots-Non-Violence-MLK
“The power to direct thousands of people on social media and drive a narrative without permission from any editor.” http://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/what-ferguson-says-about-the-fear-of-social-media/?smid=tw-share
“I finally threatened him with words. I told him I’d write about him, and that was when he . . . finally saw me.†http://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/what-ferguson-says-about-the-fear-of-social-media/?smid=tw-share
Experts, reflexively pulling rank with their “need to interpret,” stifle meaningful, vital exchange. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com//2014/11/22/the-rules-of-psychotherapy/
Semaphore & Cairn 