The Internet Puts Up A Billboard In Front Of Lamar Smith's Office: Don't Mess With The Internet
from the will-he-notice? dept
You may recall that, back in March, on a whim based on a discussion at SXSW, Alexis Ohanian and Erik Martin (from Reddit) teamed up with Holmes Wilson (from Fight for the Future) to crowdfund a billboard to go up in Lamar Smith's district in Austin. It turns out that you internet people don't mind paying after all, and helped fund two billboards which have now gone up in Smith's district, including one across the street from his office in San Antonio, and a second one on "Lamar Blvd" in AustinThank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: alexis ohanian, austin, erik martin, fight for the future, holmes wilson, lamar smith, reddit, san antonio, sxsw
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Wow, you guys have got such a hot sense of humor.
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What would your more highly developed ventromedial frontal lobe produce?
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If you mean Lamar Smith having a frontal lobe, he doesn't. He has a bill slot on the front of his head that only accepts $100 USD bills from lobbyists.
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Where is the like button?
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Count Me In on that !!!
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good day to you sir.
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Very nicely, with the slander, give yourself a pat on the back, your getting very good at it
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I knew you'd be jealous.
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/bob
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The internet. Duh!
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This crowdsourcing thing is damn powerful o.o
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lol-tastic
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ClearChannel
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Where's my coffee mug
Being in Austin, I'm ashamed that this man is our representative.
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*is still convinced that anything the online troll community does nowadays is for media attention and publicity, therefore defeating the purpose of the legions so-called anonymity*
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