I kind of wish I could have gone and documented this protest since I am in the Los Angeles area. I kind of don't understand how I can have FIVE Chase Bank protest blogs up for over a year, (most of these blogs appear on page one of google searches involving Chase Bank protestS), but nobody bothered to notify me from this group that they would be protesting.
I just don't understand how 10,000 homes get foreclosed upon every day in the United States and so few of these people actually get on the internet and try and search out who is fighting for them, and for free. I found out about the Los Angeles Chase Bank protest from Huffington Post by way of Swarm The Banks, but I decided I would not get involved on the front end without notification from the group doing the protesting.
All it would have taken was for one person to simply do the following google search "Chase Bank Protest", or "Chase Bank Protest" Los Angeles, and they most certainly would have found at least one of my blogs on page one of google.
If I had had a few weeks notification about the Chase Bank protest in Los Angeles, and pumped the info on all of my Chase Bank Protest blogs, I might have reached a few thousand people, several hundred for sure.
Huffington Post may have a bigger reach, but their coverage is a very tiny part of what they do, and the story gets quickly replaced by newer stories. Whereas on my Chase Bank protest blogs the stories stay up for at least a day or two and are easily viewable for a few weeks thereafter, and, I don't charge, plus I'm in L.A., near where the protest was happening.
Huffington Post may have a bigger reach, but their coverage is a very tiny part of what they do, and the story gets quickly replaced by newer stories. Whereas on my Chase Bank protest blogs the stories stay up for at least a day or two and are easily viewable for a few weeks thereafter, and, I don't charge, plus I'm in L.A., near where the protest was happening.
And besides, we're not competing! You can be in both! If I was a protestor and was aware that my protesting could get me arrested, I would probably do a google search and make sure I had let a few groups know who might care about what I was doing.
Not only that, I have spent time protesting myself and might have been able to share some ideas on making signs and how to protest and even how to avoid getting arrested and still making an impact.
Not only that, I have spent time protesting myself and might have been able to share some ideas on making signs and how to protest and even how to avoid getting arrested and still making an impact.
I wish them well.
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