frankgoochburner

this would actually be interesting to me, too. i had an extremely influential english teacher in high school who struggled for decades with mental illness, and he seemed to view you and CC's work as something really inspiring that had a big effect on him.

you are a real champ, mr duritz.

nobody understands the logic behind that, really. all I've ever heard is the "owning a gun is my constitutional right" nonsense, with very little support. nobody understands the logic in several of these proposals, really.

student groups, clergy, NAACP, and other activist groups have been protesting a lot of the decisions and bills passed since Pat McCrory came into office. most of the time, it's in the form of civil disobedience actions in the general assembly. they've arrested hundreds by this point.

david lamotte is a pretty big figure among some groups here, and his father was actually arrested. today he just posted a blog that talks about the event a little bit, and gives a brief summary of some of these rulings: http://www.davidlamotte.com/2013/06/celebrating-dads-day-by-taking-mine-to-jail/

a friend of mine is from wisconsin and attending school with us in north carolina, i can't wait to send this to him. it's spot on.