Rehabilitating the cons

I frequently troll political and social blogs, where activist films resonate strongly with receptive audiences willing to take up the torch, and I can state without fear of contradiction that our newfound interconnectivity has given us an unprecedented ability to bitch and moan, and pretend to take action. 'Armchair activism' - as tiff's Thom Powers dubs it in our Audience story this month - is rampant. We've all become little Neros, sitting in front of our keyboards while Rome burns, filling bandwidth with verbal masturbation without bothering to take a leap into the physical action required in order to manifest change.