Our brethren throughout the country just won't make the effort to critically think for themselves. Shoveling prepared mashed potatoes into our mouth is much easier than making your own. And so it is with simple civics lessons or the cited 2018 article on the outrageous behavior of Kobach et al.
Our brethren throughout the country just won't make the effort to critically think for themselves. Shoveling prepared mashed potatoes into our mouth is much easier than making your own. And so it is with simple civics lessons or the cited 2018 article on the outrageous behavior of Kobach et al.
After the November elections, I stopped with TV for now as a news source - and only read. This newsletter is a new add for me.
My wife is mad at me because i stopped watching MSNBC (she says they need our support); and she thinks i should stop associating with my republican friends (writ-large - that's a horrible approach to moving the country ahead).
As losers in the election, we best get some humility and acknowledge the err of our ways - remove the unnecessarily polarizing stuff from our platform - and grab the pursuadables back into the fold.
By stepping away for a couple of months, and continuing to read a wide source of information - a plan of action has begun percolating and started to come into view. My personal plan of action is as follows:
(Context: I grew up in southern CA; lived there for 40 yrs; then lived in Orlando for ~10 yrs and am now in western NC for last ~20 yrs)
- Messaging is the problem - not more phone banking and not more door-knocking; we have ~5 seconds to carry our message - that means we have to understand issues well enough to distill it down to 5-8 seconds. I have several thoughts on how to do this better.
- Attend local county commission, election commission, Democratic Executive meetings - so that i see first-hand what dishonest shenanigans are afoot - and determine how I can be effective in moving the needle.
This can't be about being "right"; it has to be "effective"
Our brethren throughout the country just won't make the effort to critically think for themselves. Shoveling prepared mashed potatoes into our mouth is much easier than making your own. And so it is with simple civics lessons or the cited 2018 article on the outrageous behavior of Kobach et al.
After the November elections, I stopped with TV for now as a news source - and only read. This newsletter is a new add for me.
My wife is mad at me because i stopped watching MSNBC (she says they need our support); and she thinks i should stop associating with my republican friends (writ-large - that's a horrible approach to moving the country ahead).
As losers in the election, we best get some humility and acknowledge the err of our ways - remove the unnecessarily polarizing stuff from our platform - and grab the pursuadables back into the fold.
By stepping away for a couple of months, and continuing to read a wide source of information - a plan of action has begun percolating and started to come into view. My personal plan of action is as follows:
(Context: I grew up in southern CA; lived there for 40 yrs; then lived in Orlando for ~10 yrs and am now in western NC for last ~20 yrs)
- Messaging is the problem - not more phone banking and not more door-knocking; we have ~5 seconds to carry our message - that means we have to understand issues well enough to distill it down to 5-8 seconds. I have several thoughts on how to do this better.
- Attend local county commission, election commission, Democratic Executive meetings - so that i see first-hand what dishonest shenanigans are afoot - and determine how I can be effective in moving the needle.
This can't be about being "right"; it has to be "effective"