Controversial Statements

Participants were encouraged to work in small groups to generate statements that would draw out strong opinions for the group. The the group participated in a facilitated spectrogram exercise.

Controversial Statements

• Is it ever okay to use cellphones/tech.
• Its perfectly acceptable to openly use cellphones during a meeting.
• Does media enflame volatile events like Ferguson.
• Facebook has no practical purpose.
• level of education equals more rights to technology.
• Are bicyclists assholes?
• No organisation can run without a sufficient amount of data.
• At their roots our problem are capitalism, white supermacy and patriarchy.
• Every organisation needs to produce videos about their work.
• Ultimately, technology will only be for the rich.
• the revolution will not be funded.
• All technology is neutral.
• Exchanging your personal information for free software is acceptable.
• Organisations always benefit from using skill-based-volunteers to build their website.
• Women are currently represented adequately in nonprofit executive management.
• Allowing ignorant people to downgrade democracy.
• Always send child refugees away.
• FB pages are obsolete.
• We should grant amnesty to all undocumented immigrants.
• Police officers should be required to wear cameras.
• East bay is the best side of the bay.
• Airstrikes are war.
• Health care is a human right.