Posted on 12/29/2008 10:01:41 PM PST by neverdem
I am speaking of face-to-face interaction as well as making as much use as possible of websites such as You Tube. I have actually had success with the one-on-one approach with people. No badgering people, but using examples to which they can relate to their personal experiences. Why do we seem to rely on our elected officials or others to get media time to do the work. The history of conservatism is that of a grassroots movement. We need to revisit that formula.
Army Air Corps, you're right on the money again.
It’s “craft a simple, common-sense message” followed by “get the message to individuals.”
There are lots of good techniques. Setting up cognitive dissonance in people and letting them see the conflicts themselves, for example.
Conservatives should be volunteering in schools and providing free materials that are educational. They don’t have to be partisan...just getting unbiased information out there is subversive to those who want to keep the population uninformed.
Bingo. This is how we conservatives used to work. Somewhere along the line, we came to rely on individuals to get airtime with the LSM and do the work for us. I am glad to see that some do get airtime (mostly on Fox), but they can only do so much. We have so many technological tools available to us to circumvent the LSM and get the word to the people. It is up to us to roll-up the short sleeves, take some time out of our lives, and get the knowledge to people.
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