is there an Abbie Hoffman avatar available on DU?

[garybeck]

I looked through all the avatars and didn't see one that looked like Abbie Hoffman. Or if there is one, maybe I just forgot what he looked like.

I love Garcia but I'd rather have Abbie as my avatar if there is one.

And if there isn't one, there should be :)

[flamingyouth]

1. Yes - check the avatar gallery

:hi:

[garybeck]

2. yeah, that's where I was looking

which one is him?

thanks

[flamingyouth]

3. Here's the link

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/images/avatars/hoffman.gif

It's alphabetical under "Hoffman." 

[garybeck]

5. thanks but

that photo sucks! I guess I'll use it anyway.

I guess I owe myself a big "DUH" for not being able to find it considering they're in alphabetical order.

mucho gracias

[flamingyouth]

6. You're a donor, so you can make your own avatar

And upload it yourself. That's the greatest donor perk, IMO. :bounce:

[TaleWgnDg]

8. Ah-ha! Since the subject has been opened . . .

How does a registered DUer get the DU Administration to have more avatars? I've suggested some. Good ones too. But haven't had any reply.

For example:

1.)
John Adams (1735–1826), born in Quincy, Massachusetts (in area then known as Braintree but now known as Quincy), leader in the Revolutionary group opposing the British, member of both First Continental Congress and Second Continental Congress, member of drafting cmte of Declaration of Independence, negotiator of Treaty of Paris ending American Revolutionary War, author of the Massachusetts constitution which was the first constitution in the nation and upon which our federal constitution was modelled, lawyer, legal scholar, our 2d president (1797–1801), schoolteacher, foreign diplomat (France, England, the Netherlands), vice president under Washington (1789–1797), writer/author;


2.)
Daniel Webster (1782-1852), born in New Hampshire, schoolteacher, constitutional law lawyer, scholar, New Hampshire U.S. Representative (1813–1817), Massachusetts U.S. Representative (1823–1827), Massachusetts U.S. Senator (1827–1841) and (1845–1850), Secretary of State (1841-1843) and (1850–1852), nationally known debater and orator;

3.)
This avator is a symbol of the back-alley illegal abortions performed (with a wire coathanger) prior to Roe v. Wade (1973), when many women became seriously ill, maimed, unable to conceive again, and w/ many deaths -- a symbol of days that may return if Roe is over-turned by new U.S. Supreme Court justice(s) appointed through George W. Bush ;

4.)
No discrimination in our constitution, no constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage, "freedom to marry" and the pink triangle symbol; and


5.)
ribbon for no AIDS discrimination re gays.

I'll be darned if I know why Skinner and other Administrators won't pick these up and make them generally available to all DUers. Particularly the avatars referring to Massachusetts. There's no present DU avatars referring to Massachusetts re colonial, Revolutionary War, Founding Fathers.


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[flamingyouth]

9. You should ask in the Ask the Administrators forum n/t

[TaleWgnDg]

12. okay . . . now, if I can find that forum . . . n/t

[flamingyouth]

14. Here you go...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=120

[TaleWgnDg]

17. Thank you and here's my post in "Ask the Administrators" . . .

Thank you and here's my post in "Ask the Administrators" . . .
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=120&topic_id=27214&mesg_id=27214



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[Lenape85]

11. Or how about one of William Jennings Bryan

[anaxarchos]

4. Yippieeeeee! n/t

[garybeck]

7. think he was murdered?

I've always had a hard time thinking that someone so devoted to his cause would give up and kill himself.

[anaxarchos]

10. No...

He always had issues. Cool guy though.

[garybeck]

13. my favorite Abbie Hoffman quote

"you can start a revolution with a Xerox copier"

that was before computers were in use, let alone the internet.

wise words we should all take into account, especially if Bush is still standing on 1/21

[hangloose]

15. So you read "Revolution For The Hell Of It" , yes?

[garybeck]

18. actually no

I've only read bits and pieces of Steal This Book, but the main reason I like him so much is that I got to hear him speak at Penn State Universtity when I was a student there. His lecture has been an inspiration to me, even though I can't remember much of what he said, it was so long ago.

[Wiley50]

16. In Abbie's Spirit, You have to STEAL IT!

STEAL THIS AVATAR
or maybe
STEALTHISAVATAR.COM

Oh Well, If only he were still alive
physically,that is.
he will always live in our most revoutionary heart

Wiley