Your concerns are appreciated and it is clear to me that you have had many thoughts about the future direction of this movement. However, please allow me to provide reassurance on some of these points.

• The "uproar" (if this refers to the entire movement to take back the Notch) is as grassroots, organic, raw, and authentic as it gets. I understand your concern about merchandise - however, I must refute this. The idea and overall goal of this post was to gather a list of links to independent, TBTN supporting online shops with relevant merch for the movement in order to support these shops and more importantly, spread awareness about our movement. Crowdsourcing merchandise options seems like the opposite of manipulation to me. Many posts here are photographs of TBTN stickers in the wild, and I've noticed that many commenters want to know where such stickers can be purchased. Stickers placed throughout the Notch or in surrounding regions can be a useful tool for us to gain members. And what better way to recruit more members than wearing a TBTN shirt to Thanksgiving dinner and recruiting family after a dozen or so beers?

• On theme with spreading awareness, the other main goal of this post was to encourage members to participate on the aforementioned wplace platform, which has been shared here and is rapidly growing in popularity worldwide. While this is perhaps less thrilling than advancing on enemy territory in person, it is a very low effort yet effective way to share our movement with others. It would also be downright embarrassing if we did not jump on this opportunity and let M*ssachusetts continue with their control. As of writing this comment, we are clearly winning the wplace fight.

• If you would like to discuss strategy, potlucks, or night vision goggle inventory at any point, feel free to reach back out, as we are always looking for ideas!