Just freakin' DO IT. It will help enlighten others who either inhabit that other side OR just are totally not involved and not aware and don't pay attention. ALL those types need to hear and see and feel the pushback. When we stay silent, it's awfully easy to assume that we don't exist. And that our feelings and thoughts and opinions don't exist. And all there is, that counts, is you turn on TV and it's Pox Noise and you don't even think about it.
That's one reason why I advocate for calling your rep - and somebody else's too. Don't care if your rep is one of the opposition. Don't care if that other guy/gal you call is firmly in the enemy camp. JUST FREAKIN' DO IT! If more of them heard from more of us, maybe they'd start realizing that there's more of us out there than there are of their side. The opposition, especially, needs to hear from us. We can't just be preaching to the choir. We have to take it to the bad guys too. They need to know we're here, we're increasingly militant, and we're not going to go away - NOR are we going to go backwards like they want to do. They need to get a sense of what a large opposition they face and how they're the minority and WE know that, too. We need to start impressing upon them that WE are in the minority. This crap they try to sell - that America is center-"right"? WRONG!!!!! The statistics and consistent polls prove otherwise. OUR guy got more votes BOTH TIMES than either of theirs did. OUR GUY in the White House got more votes than ANYBODY ELSE ON CAPITOL HILL DID. BOTH TIMES. MILLIONS more. And some pipsqueak Congresscritter from some little corner of Dumbfuckistan does NOT speak louder, OR have more clout, than him OR all of us who sent him into the White House. BOTH TIMES.
They need to start learning this lesson. They need to start being FORCE-FED this lesson. Whenever the ted cruzes of the world spout how they've "listened to the American People" we need to call them on that bullshit. They've listened to this little sliver of the population that acts out and throws temper tantrums like a bunch of spoiled snot-nosed five-year-olds. They have NEVER listened to "the American People" because if they did, they'd know the numbers are NOT on the side of their priorities. On women's rights. On voting rights. On climate change. On income inequality. On civil rights. On corporate overreach. On the separation of church and state. On immigration reform. On Citizens United. On marijuana. The list goes on. And that misbegotten attitude they cling to - probably because all THEY listen to is Pox Noise and the limbots on the radio - needs to be corrected. BIGTIME. The ted cruzes of the world don't pay any attention to that because they're not forced to. And even if a little bit of them IS aware that the numbers don't support his agenda, they have this wall of sound surrounding them and insulating them so they don't have to think about US - their opposition. And they need to be FORCED to be made aware of this, and be reminded of this, and be schooled about this. REPEATEDLY.
I'd bet most of the TVs on in commercial establishments where the public traffics are tuned in there because nobody really thinks about it. They're pretty well programmed. And there's nothing in their minds that would pop up to suggest that - um - hey, somebody might not like that channel. Somebody might not want to see that. They don't think about those things. Too busy thinking about opening up and did the cleaning crew finish up properly and who just called in sick and who do I call in to replace them today and shit-got-a-meeting-at-noon-that-I'm-not-ready-for and the company car needs new tires and I have to call accounts payable by ten about such-n-such and crap-I-just-remembered-tonight's-my-kid's recital and blah-blah-blah... They don't think. It's WAY low on their priorities list.
So WE should be there to enlighten and educate and broaden their minds. I'd bet that most of the businesses that have their office/store TVs on Pox Noise don't even give it a thought. Automatic pilot time. So let US step forward and show leadership, and help them broaden their narrow, unthinking outlook!
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