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Title: Follow the Money: Is GetEqual the new HRC?
Post by: Shana A on June 02, 2010, 08:31:39 AM
Follow the Money: Is GetEqual the new HRC?
Filed by: Bil Browning
June 1, 2010 7:00 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2010/06/follow_the_money_is_getequal_the_new_hrc.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2010/06/follow_the_money_is_getequal_the_new_hrc.php)

As I've been watching some of GetEqual's recent tactics and behind-the-scenes positioning, I can't help but get the same uneasy feelings. I'm starting to feel as if I've been sold a bill of goods; I wanted orange juice but got Tang. Instead of a radically different, transparent and community-focused direct action organization, I got HRC Lite (now with more action!).

This week I'll look at three ways GetEqual is starting to become everything they railed against, but for today let's follow the money.