More on Leafletting- some observations
http://911courage.org/article.php?story=20060814145013727
8/13/2006
I also went with Fred and Jon Gold to leaflet in the small but affluent town of Wayne, Pa. I found some interesting observations associated with our task at hand.
1) People will go out of their way to avoid you if they don't want the leaflet. I saw one couple walking toward us, who actually went the long way to their car, around the parking lot, just so they wouldn't have to take a leaflet.
2) When Jon was asking for interviews, some said "we haven't seen the movie yet" as if the movie would suddenly enlighten them to the truth. I believe some people took a flyer because they thought it was more about the movie or related to the theater and the movie showing.
3) We heard several negative remarks including "OH they are just a bunch of conspiracy theorists!" This wasn't taken personally because I realize there is bound to be negative reactions. The positive reactions, which we also encountered offset the negativity. The most discouraging reaction we got was one of apathy- as if people just wanted to forget about 9/11 like it didn't exist. And they didn't care.
4) I would say that most people did take the flyer. Of course, some refused it, some barely glanced at it (at least when we saw them) and some were intrigued.
I did talk to several people about it and advised where they could explore further, and also encouraged them to email me and join pa 9/11 visibility. I think that in general, even if there is only a small percentage who might actually want to do something about this at least that was more then we had the day before.
I strongly believe that public outreach should be a major focal point for us all right now. We plan to follow up by designing a leaflet to take to downtown Philly and surrounding areas-using the non-violence guidelines of course.