I read that George. Well done! I believe however that we are all preaching to the choir. We are doing nothing more than honing our message, but not spreading it to much extent. The percentage of likely voters who will read HCR's words of wisdom, or yours, and will switch allegiances, hovers around zero % IMHO. There needs to be another w…
I read that George. Well done! I believe however that we are all preaching to the choir. We are doing nothing more than honing our message, but not spreading it to much extent. The percentage of likely voters who will read HCR's words of wisdom, or yours, and will switch allegiances, hovers around zero % IMHO. There needs to be another way to break through. The best idea I have seen lately is for all the generals in the armed forces to put together a message to the American people. Something that cannot be misconstrued as RHINO's and never-Trumpers endlessly complaining. I can assure all of us, Pence's announcement that he is not endorsing Trump will move the needle not one iota, for example. I am at a loss for other ideas, and only hope the DNC can work some magic. In the mean time, the pressure is on the Biden administration to continue to perform well, commit no self-inflicted wounds, and hope fate does not deal us an unfortunate blow beyond his control that Republicans can blame on him none the less.
Thank you Jay -I do agree with much of what you say. I do think there's important value in, at a minimum, supporting each other through these challenging times -so the choir doesn't have to sing solo (except for when in the shower).
I find that other social platforms constrain content distribution -unless it's paid for, and even then, I am not optimistic. Zuckerberg and Musk want tension and conflict through propaganda and disinformation -that gets them ad revenue, and likely more data for Steve Bannon and Emerdata (the former Cambridge Analytica). I've been working with a small team of volunteers on a civic social network (https://civ.works) and there's an important new release coming soon.
I do agree, respected authority figures can help move the needle. For the most part I've written MAGA off as a cult -you don't bring a gallows, zip ties, and assorted weapons the nations capitol, and then kill and injure law enforcement if you have any respect for law and order. Interestingly perhaps -I also write off the deep left who, after the appointments of Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney-Barrett think Jill Stein will be the best President ever.
As I see it the battle is for the middle, as well as the pragmatic left and the lean conservative (but fundamentally believe in democracy and justice).
Jay, it really takes a gentle approach and a lot of time and patience to bring someone around on some recognition that their "sincerely held beliefs" are detrimental to society and culture. It took my nephew (in his estimation) 12 years of gentle conversation with his Dad to bring him around to the realities of economic struggle that Millennials were confronted with, and how different that was from what my former brother-in-law had grown up with.
It's going to be up to the voters. Organizing always helps if you have a message worth selling. I'm sure all this matters in stimulating Dems organizing efforts. Money is looking good so far ...
I read that George. Well done! I believe however that we are all preaching to the choir. We are doing nothing more than honing our message, but not spreading it to much extent. The percentage of likely voters who will read HCR's words of wisdom, or yours, and will switch allegiances, hovers around zero % IMHO. There needs to be another way to break through. The best idea I have seen lately is for all the generals in the armed forces to put together a message to the American people. Something that cannot be misconstrued as RHINO's and never-Trumpers endlessly complaining. I can assure all of us, Pence's announcement that he is not endorsing Trump will move the needle not one iota, for example. I am at a loss for other ideas, and only hope the DNC can work some magic. In the mean time, the pressure is on the Biden administration to continue to perform well, commit no self-inflicted wounds, and hope fate does not deal us an unfortunate blow beyond his control that Republicans can blame on him none the less.
Thank you Jay -I do agree with much of what you say. I do think there's important value in, at a minimum, supporting each other through these challenging times -so the choir doesn't have to sing solo (except for when in the shower).
I find that other social platforms constrain content distribution -unless it's paid for, and even then, I am not optimistic. Zuckerberg and Musk want tension and conflict through propaganda and disinformation -that gets them ad revenue, and likely more data for Steve Bannon and Emerdata (the former Cambridge Analytica). I've been working with a small team of volunteers on a civic social network (https://civ.works) and there's an important new release coming soon.
I do agree, respected authority figures can help move the needle. For the most part I've written MAGA off as a cult -you don't bring a gallows, zip ties, and assorted weapons the nations capitol, and then kill and injure law enforcement if you have any respect for law and order. Interestingly perhaps -I also write off the deep left who, after the appointments of Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney-Barrett think Jill Stein will be the best President ever.
As I see it the battle is for the middle, as well as the pragmatic left and the lean conservative (but fundamentally believe in democracy and justice).
Jay, it really takes a gentle approach and a lot of time and patience to bring someone around on some recognition that their "sincerely held beliefs" are detrimental to society and culture. It took my nephew (in his estimation) 12 years of gentle conversation with his Dad to bring him around to the realities of economic struggle that Millennials were confronted with, and how different that was from what my former brother-in-law had grown up with.
It's going to be up to the voters. Organizing always helps if you have a message worth selling. I'm sure all this matters in stimulating Dems organizing efforts. Money is looking good so far ...