About Acts of Sedition
A progressive gauge of South Florida politics, elections, society and media, Acts of Sedition is a personal blog reflecting on the poignant and offbeat sides of news headlines and political theater as told by Chaz Stevens - citizen, activist, gadfly, pain in the ass, taxpayer, and of course beer maker. All proceeds from this blog are donated to Women In Distress.
What's a gadfly Chaz?
"Gadfly" is a term for people who upset the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or just being an irritant.
The term "gadfly" was used by Plato in the Apology to describe Socrates' relationship of uncomfortable goad to the Athenian political scene, which he compared to a slow and dimwitted horse. The term has been used to describe many politicians and social commentators. "Gadfly" is a term for people who upset the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or just being an irritant.
For those that don't know me or know of me, let me share with you some words by nationally acclaimed New Times reporter and friend of Sedition Bob Norman in his front page story about yours truly.
Yes, but who, really, is this nuts-kicker? ... few have ever actually laid eyes on Stevens; he's more an enigma than an activist.
If you read his blog, you get the idea that he is an arrogant, highly intelligent, profane, misanthropic, resourceful, and nihilistic fellow with a twisted sense of humor.
Not a big Norman fan? Then how about his colleague Tom Francis who had this to say about me,
If a character from early Quentin Tarantino flicks ever wrote a local political blog, it would read like Stevens'. He swears. A lot. He hurls vicious, personal insults at the city's leaders. He orchestrates elaborate pranks, some of which involve his staff "ninja" and video segments that are aired during commission meetings to inflict maximum public humiliation on his victim -- usually Mayor Peggy Noland or Vice Mayor Sylvia Poitier, who switched her name back to Ferguson in hopes Stevens would lose her trail, but he trampled that too.
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