Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ForrestChump_ Selma had an additional element that made it and other civil rights era disobedience effective: an evil and illegitimate and undemocratic Jim Crow superstructure that couldn't enforce its own rules and be seen as good. Highlighting that was effective. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@alexschmidt You have to persuade people to care. It's one thing if attention itself is helpful to your cause, but can you think of a thing that you've heard of and don't care about but will care about if someone gets you stuck for an hour in traffic? — PolitiTweet.org