You may all think that if someone wants to raise awareness of a cause that is moderate and is mainstream to the public that people will support the message. That's not always the case. This week, after 3 months of organising the Stop the Spread of Guantanamitis Demo, i was taken aback by the reaction of someone who is ment to be helping those who have no one to help and support them in their time of need, but instead put themselves before the message that they say they want to give. I had no idea that egos and celebivism existed in activism but believe me they do and it's really ugly cause it makes you feel a bit sick that they care more about themselves than the people that need help.
To me the message is the most important thing not the person giving the message. I understand that in some cases you have to commercialise yourself to promote your work, your business or your craft, but that can not happen when your being an activist.
The activism comes first not you!!!
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