The Trump Campaign is setting up their "Oh, but her emails..." one-liner for the fall. Something along the lines of, "The Bidens are crooks and we've got the tapes to prove it."
They may be preaching to the choir, but as Rebecca Solnit in her essay "Preaching to the Choir" once observed, "What matters is that some of us act. In 2006, th…
The Trump Campaign is setting up their "Oh, but her emails..." one-liner for the fall. Something along the lines of, "The Bidens are crooks and we've got the tapes to prove it."
They may be preaching to the choir, but as Rebecca Solnit in her essay "Preaching to the Choir" once observed, "What matters is that some of us act. In 2006, the political scientist Erica Chenoweth set out to determine whether nonviolence was as effective for regime change as violence. She found, to her surprise, that nonviolent strategies worked better. Organizers were enthralled by her conclusion that only around 3.5 percent of a population was needed to successfully resist or even topple a regime. In other words, to create change, you don’t need everyone to agree with you, you just need some people to agree so passionately that they will donate, campaign, march, risk arrest or injury." Ms. Solnit was speaking to a largely liberal audience and her essay is far more comprehensive than this brief excerpt might imply, but Trump's tactic to reinforce the faith of the faithful and encourage them to spread his message has been effective thus far and may continue to be unless the opposition can deliver an overwhelmingly convincing counter message and back it up in the streets and at the polls.
"In an intellectual exchange, disagreement doesn’t mean tearing down a rival but testing and strengthening the structure of a proposal, an analysis. It is what you do when you agree with people in general but have specifics to work out; and that work can be a joy."
Daniel-- this is such a powerful piece. It helped articulate for me what I believe-- that "organized beliefs" whether they be politics, religion or some other institution's set of rules for thinking -- often undermine our ability to find common ground as humans. I did not grow up in the Episcopal church for example. But I met a rector, Father Chip. when I was in my 60's who inspired me. I went to his services on Sunday, and loved how he spoke to me but when the congregation recited the Nicene creed, I was silent. I could not speak those words, because I don't believe them. I told Father Chip I was not sure I believed in God, but I often believed in what he had to say every week. He encouraged me and engaged me to act on what I believe, whatever the source. Because of that encouragement I am much more open and productive in my conversations with people no matter what choir they sing in. Am passing this around
The Trump Campaign is setting up their "Oh, but her emails..." one-liner for the fall. Something along the lines of, "The Bidens are crooks and we've got the tapes to prove it."
They may be preaching to the choir, but as Rebecca Solnit in her essay "Preaching to the Choir" once observed, "What matters is that some of us act. In 2006, the political scientist Erica Chenoweth set out to determine whether nonviolence was as effective for regime change as violence. She found, to her surprise, that nonviolent strategies worked better. Organizers were enthralled by her conclusion that only around 3.5 percent of a population was needed to successfully resist or even topple a regime. In other words, to create change, you don’t need everyone to agree with you, you just need some people to agree so passionately that they will donate, campaign, march, risk arrest or injury." Ms. Solnit was speaking to a largely liberal audience and her essay is far more comprehensive than this brief excerpt might imply, but Trump's tactic to reinforce the faith of the faithful and encourage them to spread his message has been effective thus far and may continue to be unless the opposition can deliver an overwhelmingly convincing counter message and back it up in the streets and at the polls.
Here's the essay --
https://harpers.org/archive/2017/11/preaching-to-the-choir/
"In an intellectual exchange, disagreement doesn’t mean tearing down a rival but testing and strengthening the structure of a proposal, an analysis. It is what you do when you agree with people in general but have specifics to work out; and that work can be a joy."
Thanks for the link.
Daniel-- this is such a powerful piece. It helped articulate for me what I believe-- that "organized beliefs" whether they be politics, religion or some other institution's set of rules for thinking -- often undermine our ability to find common ground as humans. I did not grow up in the Episcopal church for example. But I met a rector, Father Chip. when I was in my 60's who inspired me. I went to his services on Sunday, and loved how he spoke to me but when the congregation recited the Nicene creed, I was silent. I could not speak those words, because I don't believe them. I told Father Chip I was not sure I believed in God, but I often believed in what he had to say every week. He encouraged me and engaged me to act on what I believe, whatever the source. Because of that encouragement I am much more open and productive in my conversations with people no matter what choir they sing in. Am passing this around
Great piece! I enjoyed reading it.