Posted on 03/20/2017 1:40:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Meetup is taking a leap into the Trump resistance.
The New York-based networking site will unveil plans in the coming days to partner with a labor group — under the guidance of a former Hillary Clinton aide — to coordinate protests among more than 120,000 activists already involved with anti-Trump Meetup groups.
It's a risky move for a tech company that has helped millions come together to share interests of all kinds, from hiking to languages to President Donald Trump himself. But it reflects an increasing willingness of some major technology firms to push back against the Republican president....
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
Won’t be using meetup.com anymore
Is this how they are getting full, protesting crowds at the so-called “town hall meetings” recently?
At some point, such advocacy may become an in-kind contribution to a political cause or campaign and that could raise some significant legal issues.
I guess the regulars are tired of getting bussed from state to state and city to city and then treated like so much livestock. I hope they have good healthcare and strong callused heinies,, if this relief effort doesn’t work, they may have to go to railroad cattle cars.
Meetup Sucks.
Contributions to a political campaign are political speech. I'd prefer that such regulations on speech be rescinded. Then it wouldn't be an issue at all.
Infiltrate. Then gank them.
Yup. Republicans/conservatives have friends too. I just dumped my meetup account as a result of reading this.
meetup + obamaphones...how can they lose? Poor, ignorant, sniveling obamababies.
TIME has become a community organizers' tabloid. Very sad to have seen it fallen so far.
Actually, the site is quite useful. With a couple of mouse clicks you can get lists of who the local left-wing nutjobs are and see which of your neighbors are among them. Go to the site; click on the "Movements" department; select one of the wacky organizations (it should already be customized automatically for your city); and view their membership list. Most people use their real names (or at least enough of their real name to be recognized if you know them) and many post their photo.
I just checked out the local Resist chapter. The organizer is someone I know; and I'm surprised.
Try it! Amazing fun!
What surprises me is not that she is the organizer, but that she would publicly expose herself in this way.
Just killed mine too.
Nothing much came from my membership anyway.
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