So there’s the obvious objectives (short term communication) and the not obvious ones. The latter, I think, involves teaching people (mainly white middle class, middle aged) how to organize. The who would be people that claim membership in the different groups. And the who www.nokings.org/about-nk
Mann. Like. The fascists we’re dealing with are billionaire goobers that read sci fi and didn’t understand it.; megachurch pedo pastors, neo-Nazis and idek what else. Let people dress up in whimsy if they want.
In the moment? Probably someone here IRL who knows way more about intentional organizing than I do. Time lol I have a full time job so there’s so many educational zoom calls I miss. Is there a group chat or message board out there?
People hop from primary to primary because they’re open primaries. There’s sparse communication, territorialism, and fear. Everyone claims they’re the most left. I’ve also noticed one party is mostly teachers, academics and social workers and the other is business people.
Weird is right. Like, I’ve never really done protests before, but in doing so I ran smack into one of the reasons we’re in such a state. The Democrats are largely unorganized, especially in rural Texas. They over rely on things like facebook, and don’t have proactive outreach. It’s difficult when
I’ve tried to make that clear for my locals too. For a lot of reasons it ^has^ to be the most white bread Lib crowd+ youth, because it’s a mess ^we^ caused. AND I’ve been trying to encourage my local Dems to work the crowd for voter registration purposes.
Golly, I’m glad you understood what I was trying to communicate. I was half asleep. Yeah, the different agencies are pulling different things away from one event.
Finally reading @quinnae.com's Log Off and it's as good as I thought it would be. The book underscores a lot of things I have felt and discussed about social media IRL, but with a lot more crispness and insight. Almost cried more than once, too, cause SHEESH.
O/T but this guy is going to be here and he spoke at the Brazos GOPa few months ago. I couldn’t find anything about him online other than he used to be a teacher.
As Trump praises pro-Russia autocrat Viktor Orban, a reminder that they were brought to power by the same US political consultants: Arthur Finkelstein and his band of proteges, among them Roger Stone. They pioneered dark, hate-filled campaigning and gave the world Trump, Orban, Netanyahu. 1/
Trump on Orban: "We love Viktor. You are fantastic, alright? I know a lot of people don't agree with me, but I'm the only one that matters. He's a great leader. I endorsed him the last election he had and he won by 28 points. You're gonna do even better this time when you have another election."
