Is asking people to vote enough? I have heard it said many times that voting is only the very least thing we can do, and that "democracy is not a spectator sport" means that people must do more than the very minimum. This is a five alarm fire. I'm wondering if we can organize educational meetings conducted by well-informed people and wit…
Is asking people to vote enough? I have heard it said many times that voting is only the very least thing we can do, and that "democracy is not a spectator sport" means that people must do more than the very minimum. This is a five alarm fire. I'm wondering if we can organize educational meetings conducted by well-informed people and with these kind of facts and literature as emergency antidotes to misinformation, disinformation, and pure ignorance. Democratic lawmakers have meet-and-greets and various public meetings to promote themselves. Why not serious educational efforts to spread the word? It doesn't look like we will see many people protesting and marching in the next 11 months.
Is asking people to vote enough? I have heard it said many times that voting is only the very least thing we can do, and that "democracy is not a spectator sport" means that people must do more than the very minimum. This is a five alarm fire. I'm wondering if we can organize educational meetings conducted by well-informed people and with these kind of facts and literature as emergency antidotes to misinformation, disinformation, and pure ignorance. Democratic lawmakers have meet-and-greets and various public meetings to promote themselves. Why not serious educational efforts to spread the word? It doesn't look like we will see many people protesting and marching in the next 11 months.