[Chicago] Honoring Aaron Swartz

[Daniel Peters]

fwiw the #opAngel hashtag is also being used for .....less than illustrious
purposes.  Like attacking a bunch of .gov sites.  So......fuck that.  If
anyone is going and wants to stand out in the cold *quietly*, keep the
human trash at bay, ping me off list.

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:

> If anyone interacted with Aaron, even he was younger, please send me a
> private email.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Daniel Peters <danieltpeters at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I'll go as well.  And I'd be *happy* to counter protest the WBC.  Kumar
>> is right, don't link to them, don't give them oxygen.  At the funeral for
>> the victims of Newton the counter WBC protest simply kept them at bay,
>> hundreds of feet from the actual funeral.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Kumar McMillan <
>> kumar.mcmillan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 10:36 PM, Ian Lunderskov <ilunderskov at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> While I did not know Aaron, a good friend was close to him, and my
>>>> friend just passed on a note that the WBC is planning on protesting his
>>>> funeral (https://twitter.com/WBCSays).
>>>
>>>
>>> In case it's not obvious, I'd advise against retweeting or publicizing
>>> WBC's stance. They are idiots. They are bottom feeders that thrive on
>>> negative attention so rather than add to their cheap fame IMHO it's more
>>> effective to ignore them.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I do not have the connections to this group to effectively organize,
>>>> but as many of you seemed to respect him greatly, I was hoping this is
>>>> something that ChiPy might consider doing a counter-protest of, and block
>>>> them from getting near the bereaved.
>>>>
>>>> Just a thought.
>>>>
>>>> Ian Lunderskov
>>>>
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