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demosthenesjax110 karma

I have seen tropical systems fuck up well protected cameras, mics, phones... really anything electronic. The wind just pushes sand and water into any crevices.

Further, even if the camera survives it, you can never trust it again.

demosthenesjax47 karma

I suspect you made the day of a certain /u/scottbradlee

demosthenesjax18 karma

Would you prefer nooks and crannies? :)

demosthenesjax4 karma

Mayor, how do feel about having the label, "witchtown" when many of the trials occurred in what is now actually Danvers? I get the economic reasons you enjoy the label (tourism), but is there any sense of guilt over the inaccuracy of the history?

demosthenesjax3 karma

Ah, but white nationalists have an affinity for Natives, many claim some sort of native blood. This American Life did a story on Asa Carter, speech writer for George Wallace, segregationist, and KKK leader. After he left Alabama he went into hiding and wrote, among other things The Education of Little Tree under the name Forrest Carter (named after the first Grand Wizard of the KKK) about his life growing up with native parents in the Tennessee mountains.

Turned out the whole story was made up, and was later recatagorized to fiction, after Oprahs book club selected it as a book of the month.

Definitely worth a listen.