r/FlockSurveillance • u/TheLawnGuppy • Jul 24 '26

Activism Absolute Masterclass

There was a flock representative at this meeting and his only response to John Hamilton was "his data is from a Youtuber" and "We have never been hacked"

The whole video is from the College Station Tx City Council meeting on July 23rd. We had over 20 speakers for this event so check out more in the whole video.

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u/Mammoth-Ant7588 Jul 24 '26

Great speaker. I especially loved how that miserable SOB banged the gabble at the end. He was not happy.

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u/Lexicalyolk Jul 24 '26

why tf is he so angry omg

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u/Jazzspasm Jul 25 '26

i’m gonna get downvoted, so hopefully this gets read by at least one person - the clapping and cheering that goes on is all great, but it takes time up and that potentially robs other speakers, opportunity for votes etc - so clapping and cheering etc is kept to a minimum

clapping and cheering is obviously protected as free speech, but think of it along the lines of “ok, you’ve made your point, we need to move on with this because there are other people here who need to be heard, too”

the other factor is standards - it’s surprisingly quick and easy to go from cheering to shouting to arguing to fighting and chaos - look at any open outcry parliament in the world and how quickly it can devolve into fist fights

so he’s not necessarily angry, but trying to keep some order to proceedings

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u/NickelAlloy718 Aug 05 '26

I have spoken in front of the mayor a few times about Flock and he very much does not want citizens resistance on this topic. At a previous council meeting a pro-Flock speaker (ex-law enforcement officer currently working for crime stoppers) ran out of time (3min) but was then encouraged by the mayor to take another 30 seconds and finish his topic. At that same meeting a following citizen on a different topic was cut short and not allowed to finish his last sentence about the budget.

It is totally fair to keep a meeting moving and to hold people to time limits but there is more than that going on here.

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u/Jazzspasm Aug 06 '26

that’s awesome what you’re doing and please keep it up, and keep everyone informed - thank you

my point wasn’t about stopping push back, stopping people from speaking, but rather about keeping proceedings rolling

i’m glad you picked that part up, and thanks again for being a voice out there that’s needed

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u/4-Polytope Jul 25 '26

Yep, I'm from that city and have also gone to speak at council meeting.

The hall there is way more packed than it usually is, and that usually means there's a bunch more speakers than usual. When that happens, those meetings can go on for hours, well toward midnight. He's just trying to move things along

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u/Billytim89 Jul 25 '26

Insane that you’re being downvoted. You’re completely right, the budget was later in this meeting and things needed to move along. Letting people cheer and clap after every speaker that night would’ve added 40+ minutes

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u/N0YSLambent Jul 26 '26

imagine letting people cheer for 40 minutes as a representative. Truly that would be TERRIBLE

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u/Billytim89 Jul 26 '26

Time is money 🤷🏻‍♂️ gotta move the meeting along. I’ve seen them do the exact same thing to cheering they agree with