<div dir="ltr">Then it's important for civil society to stand up for the fundamental rights endowed in the first amendment of the U.S. constitution, and hold the U.S. government accountable for ensuring development goals.<div><br></div><div>This is easier said than done, but as a U.S. passport holder, for instance, I'm happy to do whatever I can (even from afar) to lobby the government to work in the favor of human rights. It's also a reminder than human rights (and progress in general) is not a linear process.<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Best,</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-Michael<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">__________________</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Michael J. Oghia</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://igmena.org/" target="_blank">iGmena</a> communications manager<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2016 ISOC IGF returning ambassador<br></font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Independent #netgov consultant & editor</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Belgrade, Serbia<br></font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Skype: mikeoghia<br></font></div></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia" target="_blank">Twitter</a></font> <b>|</b> <font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></font></font></div></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 12:19 PM, DeeDee Halleck <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:deedeehalleck@gmail.com" target="_blank">deedeehalleck@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:'san francisco',-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,'.sfnstext-regular',sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.23999999463558197px">"We're losing a lot of people because of the Internet," Trump said. "We have to go see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what's ha</span><span class="m_-7443327188804809696gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:'san francisco',-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,'.sfnstext-regular',sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.23999999463558197px">ppening. We have to talk to them about, maybe in certain areas, closing that Internet up in some way. Somebody will say, 'Oh freedom of speech, freedom of speech.' These are foolish people. We have a lot of foolish people."</span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-7443327188804809696gmail_signature"><div><a href="http://www.deepdishwavesofchange.org" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>deepdishwavesofchange.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>xx</div><div>dd</div></div>
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