No problem on the mention! Thanks for the inspiration on the article!
If anarchists wish to cast stones at ex-military, well then they might as well hate on @adamkokesh @hilarski and many, many more. I understand the anger and frustration they feel, but it is so counterproductive to turn people, like you, off to our ideas in this way.
The way I look at it, I can talk with a Bernie supporter, a Trump supporter, a Hillary supporter, whoever, and we can ALWAYS find common ground and then build off of that. If the talks are extended, then by the end, they almost always end up agreeing with everything I'm saying. The only reason is because I actually listened to them, I heard them out, I thought about what they said, and responded in a way that they'd appreciate, while getting my point across, making it a productive conversation. While they may not call themselves anarchists after talking, they will at least have some ideas planted in their head that could grow into something big for them later.
I'd love to do a hangout sometime. I just did one last night with educators @kdnolan and @tommcgann to talk about applying Steem to an education model.
https://steemit.com/edtech/@kdnolan/steemedu-podcast-1
It's the first live one I've done and I think we did a pretty good job diving into it all for the first go. Kieran will be talking with some people from http://www.bitcoincenter.co this week about Steemit and future applications, like education. He'll be doing a podcast with educators, developers and a student majoring in blockchain tech. Then, we're going to get together later in the week to catch up on everything with another Hangout. They're in Australia, so it's been a little late for me, but it'd be great if you could join us for the next one. We could do an anarchist talk another time as well :)