“I don’t think the store will like you putting up those signs,” said the young woman working for the local gigantic home/hardware/garden big-box store.
“I know,” I said. I resisted the urge to point out that it isn’t the store that will object, but people — the ones who manage the store and execute the corporate mandate. I reeled off another length of tape and hung another sign as she headed off to get a manager. I snapped one final photo and walked at a normal pace out the front door.
I’ve seen Freeway Blogger’s DK posts. He hangs big signs with wake-up messages, placed next to busy highways, in difficult-to-reach places. I am inspired.
Several months ago, I placed a large sign reading “Trump Sold Out America To Putin” on a local overpass over I-25, several miles north of Denver. I found that it takes a lot of preparation and planning. It’s apparently not for everyone. Freeway Blogger, my hat’s off to you.
I’m trying out a different approach: reach people at the point where they decide to purchase a harmful product.
I see that taping up letter-size flyers isn’t going to cut it. Store employees will simply take them down. Next time I’ll print stickers suitable for placing on the glysophate-laden bottles themselves. If I can abort some purchases, great. If someone buys a gallon of Monsanto’s favorite poison, but doesn’t see the label until they go to use it, and they are dissuaded then, that’s also a win.
I’m not blogging this to congratulate myself: after all, anyone can do what I’m doing. And that is exactly my point. If I can do this with a logo pulled from the web and a little work in a word processor or image editing tool, many of you can do the same. And many of you can come up with your own techniques.
Please do.