"You know," I said, "I've talked to at least twenty people in this crowd, and you're the first one who has a coherent vision of what we're struggling for." He relaxed, opened up to me, and tested the waters for more radical stuff. When he dropped the key word "conspiracy theory" I responded with the secret handshake, "That's where I live," I said, and he let me know what he had figured out: the War on Terror is fabrication of the Bush Administration, conjured to justify perpetual war, executive secrecy and suspension of the Bill of Rights.
Michael was my only real human connection at the event, but he was easily enough to make my day. "I'm really glad I ran into you," I said, "You just keep telling the truth will you?"
It's hard to conjure a credible protest when we don't have a shared reality. We will have an effective opposition movement when enough people abandon the 11 o'clock news and start reading OEN.
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