More of this please

I can only imagine if there were more activism like this on a broad range of issues instead of the mindless marches and silent vigils, we’d be in a much better place right now.

But that would require doing something.

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8 Responses to “More of this please”

  • Charity Says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 2:14 pm

    Do something then, Ryan.  Organize some kind of active response here in Vermont.  Please don’t tell me that you are one of those people who believes that blogging is doing something.

  • JD Ryan Says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    And how do you know I haven’t?

  • Charity Says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 6:02 pm

    Because you would have told us about it, humble man that you are. :-)

  • Broadsides Says:
    January 30th, 2010 at 9:21 am

    But whatever you do, don’t ask your congressman a “yes or no” question. That’s just rude.
     

  • Brattlerouser Says:
    February 10th, 2010 at 12:40 pm

    This is great, but how is it different than the mindless “occupy the office of Peter Welch, Bernie Sanders, and Pat Leahy?” How is this different and/or effective than Scott Colby’s pathetic “yes, no, or waffle” stunt? After a while, direct action gets old too.

  • Brattlerouser Says:
    February 10th, 2010 at 12:41 pm

    I meant Michael Colby.

  • JD Ryan Says:
    February 10th, 2010 at 2:55 pm

    Effective, not sure, but it is actually keeping them from doing their destructive work for the time being . Plus, I think they’re making a statement by putting their own lives at risk. Which is what I’ve been saying all along, too few in the movement for social change are willing to put their lives on the line for anything, anymore. Hell, I’m one of em. I think direct action can be great, but it’s gotta be bold. Real bold.

  • Brattlerouser Says:
    February 10th, 2010 at 8:38 pm

    Fair enough.

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