The advent of the Internet with Social Interaction sites, forum sites, etc. has become part of the solution but also part of the problem ... Nearly instant Internet communications has allowed us to become painfully aware of current events, the abuses of the obama Administration and the Dems, the uselessness of the Republican Party, the sloth of Government Bureauracy ... Thus we come alarmed... we rant and rave, we even work to elect some great hope who will rescue us. But on the flip side the vast majority of us sit at home safely and DO NOTHING but type ... And that is the problem. Sitting behind a computer and spreading the word helps - helps a lot ... BUT it is FAR FROM A SOLUTUION ... Unless we get off our chairs - out of the offices and on to the streets - NOTHING will happen. Pontificating on FR or FB is not solving the problem - not even close. I posted this link yesterday on another FR thread ... I hope it can be part of the sobering up process. But I just don’t know if there is any real chance of any real action from the masses... It reminds me of a line out of the movie Sophie’s Choice... Her boyfriend sadly laments “Sophie sure likes to say F_(K but she can’t do it”...
Good post. The Tea Party did succeed in getting people out into the streets and achieving results in 2010. They made a statement that resonated with a lot of people. Unfortunately, that movement has largely faded away and resistance is largely confined now to, as you say, sitting behind a computer. IMO a MASSIVE march on DC or other major cities with the right theme would be a start to get back into action mode. Politicians are weasels; they fear large crowds.
It's true, my friend. We conservatives need to recognize that the rot that is eating the flesh out of our nation, is not going to be stopped by blogging, posting to forums, emailing members of Congress, angry phone calls to their offices, withdrawing financial support from the RNC, listening to talk radio, or any number of things that we're currently doing.
The same goes for holding peaceful Tea Party rallies in the parks, with speeches, signs, and flags. The hard left is undaunted and unmoved by all of those things.
The current dynamic requires a stronger response on our part, if we're to get their attention, and there's precious little time left in which to act. Our side needs to step up the character of our response to the tyranny. It needs to go to the next level, which is civil disobedience.
Ideally, we'd emulate successful movements of the past, which means large scale protests that DO NOT END UNTIL THE BALL IS MOVED DOWN FIELD.
You wonder why, with all this angst and anger, that such protests aren't already occurring across the nation. I suppose it takes one person to step forward and stop traffic, to get the ball rolling.
Our window of opportunity to stage such effective protests is closing fast. If we squander it, we'll be left with but one last resort, and few of us want it to come to that.