Medea Benjamin: (laughs) Well, I don't wear pink - although I
think I made a mistake this time, because I like to have a little touch of pink
in there? And I had a little pink
belt. But I made a big mistake in the
shoe front, because I didn't wear the appropriate journalistic looking shoes. Instead, I had sandals on, and one of the
media people wrote a piece that I thought was pretty funny. She said, "She looked like a regular guest in
that she was wearing a black and white dress, but she did have a couple of
things that were giveaways. One was that
pink belt, and the other was (she called them) flip-flops." They weren't flip-flops! (laughs)
But they weren't sturdier, journalist-type shoes.
I brought a banner with me just in case I had
wanted to use it. I didn't know how much
we'd get patted down; I knew we'd have to go through a metal screener, and you
can't detect a banner with a metal screener.
But sometimes they look in your bag, and sometimes they pat you down. So if I must admit it, I did have a banner
that was ensconced in areas that are kind of private parts. That was just in case I wanted it. I took it out of that particular hiding place
once I sat in the chair, put it in my purse, to make it easier to get out. I wasn't sure I wanted to use the banner,
because then it really looks like it was more premeditated. The banner was there just in case I felt that
it was appropriate. So that's dressing,
that's banner; anything else I didn't say on that front?
Rob Kall: Yeah. What do you make the banner out of?
Medea Benjamin: Definitely out of cloth so that it folds up
easily. And you certainly want to have
big, fat letters on it, and a very simple message. I just grabbed one we already had from the
office that said "Stop Killer Drones."
Rob Kall: OK.
Medea Benjamin: But in the end, I didn't pull out the
banner. I felt it was better to just
have the interaction. If I hadn't had
the interaction and immediately got silenced, I would've pulled out the banner.
Rob Kall: OK. Is another reason to wear good shoes because
you might get your feet stepped on by all the goons who are grabbing you?
Medea Benjamin: Well, that's true. In fact, I did trip as they were pulling me
out, because there were a lot of wires on the ground. So yes, lesson well learned by myself: wear
sturdy shoes.
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