An Open Letter to Wil Wheaton on #OccupyWallStreet
Dear Wil,
Yesterday you tweeted what would become the day’s most-retweeted #OccupyWallStreet tweet, linking to a Reddit post that goes pretty much like this:
“Tomorrow, wear a polo and khakis
“Seriously. polos and khakis. Every time you guys DO finally get some fucking press, it’s a scrawny dude with dreads in a ratty t-shirt. You’re going big here, dress it. Tomorrow, Polo shirt and Khakis.
“Why? Because you need to get the right-leaning equivalent of me on your side.”
Now, this isn’t entirely bad advice. It’s not particularly good advice, but it’s not the worst advice ever offered.
As a Twitter intervention into Occupy Wall Street, though, it really really sucks.
I’ve been down to OWS three times. What I saw there was a mix of people, from a mix of backgrounds, wearing a mix of ensembles. There are professionals in suits there, and union workers in jeans and tee shirts and boots.
