Big difference is not always made by big guns, but lot of tiny weeny guns.
I think a bell-weather indicator of the seriousness about liberty a particular individual or institution has may be their willingness to accept Bitcoin.
For example, is Alex Jones 'controlled opposition' to create a list of people to round up based on their purchases via Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, etc. or the same data could be used without Alex's knowledge?
I recently sent this email to another prominent liberty proponent but I think it is equally applicable to Alex Jones.
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Is there any particular reason it is not accepted on XXXXXXX or the XXXX XXXXX?
Like you I am already out there publicly so I wield the boycott primarily offensively, not defensively. Given the type of articles on XXXXX some readers may be defensively boycotting because of potential ramifications from making a donation to XXXXXXX, enrolling in a XXXXXXX course, buying any books, etc.
I have noticed a significant increase in purchases now that I have transitioned all of XXXXXXX and XXXXXXX products to accept bitcoins in addition to the traditional methods. Perhaps some potential customers did not want to pay the increased cost of having a record of a transaction with XXXXXXX stored permanently in the Bluffdale center. After all, who knows what list they may end up on and how they may be persecuted as a result? So I completely sympathize with their defensive boycott given all the examples in history which XXXXXXX so ably educates about.
Like you I am already out there publicly so I wield the boycott primarily offensively, not defensively. Given the type of articles on XXXXX some readers may be defensively boycotting because of potential ramifications from making a donation to XXXXXXX, enrolling in a XXXXXXX course, buying any books, etc.
I have noticed a significant increase in purchases now that I have transitioned all of XXXXXXX and XXXXXXX products to accept bitcoins in addition to the traditional methods. Perhaps some potential customers did not want to pay the increased cost of having a record of a transaction with XXXXXXX stored permanently in the Bluffdale center. After all, who knows what list they may end up on and how they may be persecuted as a result? So I completely sympathize with their defensive boycott given all the examples in history which XXXXXXX so ably educates about.
Bottom line: If someone does not accept bitcoins then presume them to be an especially dangerous camouflaged rattlesnake no matter what their rhetoric.
I would say its obvious that more people would buy their particular merchandise or donate if it means they wont be placed on a no fly list. You just need to keep pointing out the likelihood of that happening if you use a credit card versus if you use bitcoin.
