Friday, January 30, 2015

Everglades EarthFirst!, protests, and how did religion get involved in all this?

Everglades EarthFirst! (EEF) is having another protest in Palm Beach Gardens today at 4:30. Maybe. For some reason I am getting "protest" alerts sent to my phone. Here is how the alert looks from Tuesday Gilliam on my phone: 
I get this information sent to me by Tuesday Gilliam from FlockNote. Does FlockNote know that an ecoterrorism group, EarthFirst, is using a religion-based site to promote their protests? With arrests and civil disobedience? Here are two excerpts from the FlockNote homepage:
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[and...]
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In the last message sent by EEF's Tuesday Gilliam on FlockNote was a video. Here is a quote from the video:

"THE EARTH IS NOT DYING IT IS BEING KILLED. AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE KILLING IT HAVE NAMES AND ADDRESSES."

Then the video has a list of names and addresses. Is that a threat? Is Tuesday Gilliam and EEF sending a message? Is EEF threatening violence? Are they trying to intimidate law-abiding companies and citizens? 

I would be curious to know if the people who started FlockNote envisioned people like Panagioti Tsolkas and Tuesday Gilliam using FlockNote to organize protests instead of filling church pews with "the Faithful". Doubt it. 

EEF is having a protest today at 4:30. Hallejulah and God Bless. It does confirm that this group resembles a cult in many ways: manner of dress, charismatic leaders (although clearly horizontal, like the Earth itself ), obedience training, and a strict adherence to an ideology based on accepted "truths".