I’m guilty as charged on advocating for democracy but not with simply voting and hoping for the best. Voting is, and always has been, crucial to freedom but unless it actually happens on a large scale it will never be enough. Everybody needs to vote but many people do not for a variety of personal reasons, none of which are even remotely…
I’m guilty as charged on advocating for democracy but not with simply voting and hoping for the best. Voting is, and always has been, crucial to freedom but unless it actually happens on a large scale it will never be enough. Everybody needs to vote but many people do not for a variety of personal reasons, none of which are even remotely valid. Until this changes, nothing changes and this won’t change without political activism. People have to be contacted directly and challenged to vote so, my best advice is to contact your County Party, volunteer and then actually carry through. If one is not knocking on doors, donating locally (seriously, locally.), making postcards, stuffing walk packets with lit, identifying Democrats and calling/texting to remind them to vote or reaching out via relational organizing platforms during early voting and on Election Day, then one is effectively doing nothing to help. It takes sweat equity to preserve freedom and, my unvarnished opinion here, that labor will be most effective when channeled through your local Democratic Party. That’s not to diss like-minded allied groups but, coordinated action will be more effective than multiple independent ones. I’ve taken both routes at different times but, in the end, I have found the Democratic Party at the County and local level to be the biggest hammer we have. We just need more people to pick it up and start swinging. I don’t know where you are but you and/or anyone else is welcome to ping me at PCLead@TarrantDemocrats.org and I’ll be happy to point you in the right direction or connect you with the right people.
I’m guilty as charged on advocating for democracy but not with simply voting and hoping for the best. Voting is, and always has been, crucial to freedom but unless it actually happens on a large scale it will never be enough. Everybody needs to vote but many people do not for a variety of personal reasons, none of which are even remotely valid. Until this changes, nothing changes and this won’t change without political activism. People have to be contacted directly and challenged to vote so, my best advice is to contact your County Party, volunteer and then actually carry through. If one is not knocking on doors, donating locally (seriously, locally.), making postcards, stuffing walk packets with lit, identifying Democrats and calling/texting to remind them to vote or reaching out via relational organizing platforms during early voting and on Election Day, then one is effectively doing nothing to help. It takes sweat equity to preserve freedom and, my unvarnished opinion here, that labor will be most effective when channeled through your local Democratic Party. That’s not to diss like-minded allied groups but, coordinated action will be more effective than multiple independent ones. I’ve taken both routes at different times but, in the end, I have found the Democratic Party at the County and local level to be the biggest hammer we have. We just need more people to pick it up and start swinging. I don’t know where you are but you and/or anyone else is welcome to ping me at PCLead@TarrantDemocrats.org and I’ll be happy to point you in the right direction or connect you with the right people.
Yes, I completely agree. And if you live in Tarrant County and can be a precinct chair, ping Joel, he can help you.