Good article, as it sent thing racing off in my mind; notably, all my political activism in the past.
Short answer: The problem isn’t the politicians, its the people (see tagline).
Watching the Kim Davis saga play out, I called an old friend from back in the day while I was at work. I told her for some reason, this case made me think of her.
Ironically, she couldn’t talk long either as she was on the way to work too. I knew she thought of me too, as we both knew that back in the day, we would have already been there in KY with an army of people - ready to get thrown in jail right next to Ms Davis if necessary.
You see, she was THAT kind of Christian woman, and that’s what we loved about her.
But these days, we have to make a living to pay the bills and the debts from our political activism of the past. Yes, we’re still paying for them.
I saw all the bickering back and forth on this thread and it reminded me of the failures of that ‘movement’ I was part of back then. Everyone went back and forth pointing fingers, or putting faith in one person only blame that same person when they couldn’t accomplish a goal that would have taken thousands to accomplish.
Here’s what I’m going to tell everyone from my own experience: No politician is going to save us, America. And looking to Washington is a recipe for disaster. The Tea Party did a yeoman’s job changing the personnel in Congress, only to be betrayed later. Believe me from an old-timer, we’ve seen this before. Your political change must start as local as possible - not from the top. Start with your family. Your church (been there lately?). Or the most basic: Look in the mirror.
What’s missing from the Kim Davis fight and all the other Kim Davis battles around the country is you, and not simply through crowdfunding. You need bodies on the ground; people on the phones (and not simply updating their facebook). Today, I see millions angry, frustrated and close to giving up hope. What I don’t see is the local networking that got folks elected in 2010 and 2014. Back then, you worked within the law. But as you can see, the powers-that-be are seeing to it that you won’t be able to work ‘within-the-law’, and you (we) will eventually become lawbreakers - just for being who we are.
At which point, don’t count on the politician you are rooting for right now to be there to stand with you, for they may only do so for a season, Like the enemy is doing today, your must put aside your difference and hang together, or as it has been said and I have witnessed, you will most assuredly hang separately.
just my $0.02
jimjohn - OUT
Could this be a case of being bitten in the rear end by what you wished for?
I don’t disagree with your comments. It does take personal involvement. I think the Democrats have us there. They network much better than we do. Here’s the catch.
Is it easier to network when you have no values, or when you do have them?
The Democrats can participate across the board because they have no values. Nothing is too vile for them to support. Well, one things is, a moralistic cause...
On the other side you have people who do have morals. They can’t support everything other groups do. Some things they view as wrong. So they wind up not being able to back each other.
Perhaps this is the true strength of evil. It can gather to destroy righteousness, because nothing else matters to them.
Someone supports abortion at any stage of pregnancy, oh sure they’re on the team. Someone supports teaching kindergartners about homosexuality, oh sure they’re on the team. Someone wants same sex marriage, oh sure they’re on the team. Someone wants to lower the age of consent, oh sure they’re on the team.
The Right can’t network like that. We search for moralistic purity. We look for and find problems with those we want to support.
Trump sees the law for what it is, and some folks would rather trash him than the folks who didn’t do their duty and offer up legislation that would have nullified the SCOTUS move.
One more disconnect on the road to victory...