techPresident - Newt Gingrich Does Second Life - Comments

It was a little more frustrating than fun

Ruby Sinreich — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:36:34 -0400

I love this line, Nancy: "doing politics in Second Life is a lot like having sex in a car. Just when things hit a groove, something falls out of whack. Still, when all is said and done, you're glad you did it."

So... I was also under the impression that I was helping to organize the protest, until I got there learned that someone else had negotiated and agreed to a cap on 5 avatars on behalf of all of the protesters. (Typical bad intra-coalition communication.) I didn't mind being roped off and separated like protesters at any other Republican event, and I didn't mind that they required us to get our names on an access list just to even be there, but limiting the protest to 5 when there were only about 30 avatars at Gingrich's "press conference" gave the impression that there less people who felt the way we did, which felt unfair.

When peace protesters go to military bases, we expect to be in the minority, and when pro-lifers show up at the March for Women's Lives they expect to be in the minority. That's a reality that Republicans need to experience in Second Life as well.

Thx Nancy

David All — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:59:48 -0400

I appreciate this blog post and your report on this important event which I missed.

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Newt Gingrich Does Second Life

Nancy Scola — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:52:04 -0400

The way things stand today, doing politics in Second Life is a lot like having sex in a car. Just when things hit a groove, something falls out of whack. Still, when all is said and done, you're glad you did it.