DUI Checkpoint Activism + College Know-Your-Rights Outreach

Originally published at: https://freekeene.com/2017/11/20/dui-checkpoint-activism-college-know-your-rights-outreach/

Recently I wrote the eulogy for Cop Block, the national police accountability activist news website. Nothing lasts forever, especially in the world of activism, where doing the right thing rarely means one can make a living at it. Burnout is real and has happened to some of the brightest activists to ever hit the Cop…

“Burnout is real and has happened to some of the brightest activists to ever hit the Cop Block scene.”

The line from Blade Runner comes to mind “The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you’ve burned so very, very brightly, Roy.”

Wouldn’t you know it? That’s a paraphrase of Lao Tzu (which I suspected, and found when I Googled it for accuracy) “The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.” Lao Tzu — Te Tao Ching.

https://mises.org/blog/murray-rothbard-lao-tzu-first-libertarian