Posted on 06/28/2013 2:16:16 AM PDT by Kaslin
One of the best lines of advice I've ever gotten came from my aunt Rose in the third grade: "Stop complaining about what you don't like, and do what you can to change it." I took her advice that afternoon, had a much better school year because of it, and promised myself I'd never forget her words of wisdom.
So here I am today, immersed in a sea of politics and culture wars, TV and radio debates, panel discussions and Q & A sessions where I'm challenged to think hard about who I am, what I value, and what messages I hope to convey to the listeners and viewers who count on me to tell them what I really think.
There's never a day that goes by that I don't think about my aunt's advice. So, let's do ourselves--and our country--a favor and apply it.
Yes, the mainstream media is painfully biased. Yes, the Obama administration has and will continue to use Hollywood and the entertainment industry to push its agenda. Yes, the Left has been highly focused on--and skilled at--using pop culture outlets to shift public opinion on political, cultural, and social issues. Yes, academia is often in the brainwashing business and revisionist history is alive and well.
And now for my controversial statement--So what? What do the Left's tactics have to do with me or my ability to counter them with smart policy, solid media strategy, innovative marketing, effective delivery, creative projects, and youth outreach? Nothing. They have absolutely nothing to do with me. Unless, of course, I spend more time complaining about what's wrong than challenging it. That, I'm afraid, is a mistake being made all too often on the right.
Yes, talking Obamacare repeal is important. But what's more important is having smart, charismatic free-market enthusiasts in media, at events, and in liberal hubs talking specifics about alternatives. Why are the alternatives better? Who stands to gain? Why should young people care?
Where are the hired messengers for this? In D.C. talking to each other? On TV being non-specific? Writing up proposals they can toss on a website that the ideal target audience will never read?
Yes, speaking at conservative college forums is very important. But what's more important is speaking at college liberal forums. Be the odd man or woman out. Challenge the status quo. I promise you that someone in that room will leave thinking about what you've said. I did it as a student at Columbia University, I did it among professors while working in academia, and I do it every day in liberal New York City. Trust me, eyes and ears do open.
Conservative and libertarian novelists, filmmakers, artists, musicians, clothing designers--challenge the system. Use your creativity and talent to define this movement; don't let the Left define it for you. Will it be hard to get projects published and promoted? Sure. You know what else was hard? The drafting of the Constitution. They managed to get it done.
There are people in this business who are content to preach to the choir, spew talking points, and hope for the best. I'm not one of them. So I ask you to join me in working to get people of all ages, races, religions, and professions to think a little harder, to open their eyes and ears a little wider, and to question what many in media and academia have told them for so long.
In other words, let's stop complaining and start doing.
You are certainly correct Elsie!
LLS
Ouch. Burn.
Even worse burn in route.
Its like we so often see among blacks who try to keep other blacks on the plantation.
Sorry folks, I’m a free man and will spend my life trying to lead others to freedom.
Just call her Jed. And you should see her sister Jethro, her brother Ellie May, and her uncle named Granny.
White women’s names are screwed up because their parents didn’t want them prejudged by their gender.
Black women’s names are just screwed up.
Suggesting “do something” is far, far different from “this is what we need to do.”
Any fool can do the former.
“We’ve also got GOP supermajorities in 23 states vs 11 or 12 for the democrats.”
My number count is 25 or 26 states completely controlled by conservatives and patriots. The rats completely control 11 states.
In some states, not a single rat has been elected to a state-wide office. Rats are on the run in states.
Some conservatives don’t see any value in that, but that’s because they are so myopic that they only focus on Washington DC, completely missing the fact that the fascist federal government cannot function without the cooperation of the states.
If 26 states refuse to bow to the fascists in Washington, there’s not a thing that the federal government can do about it.
Let me add one more to your list -
* The left wins because a good number of conservatives care more about money than they do for their families and their children.
“I see crap like this posted not just in articles but in Freeper responses, and I always think what you said—”And what should we do? None of the keyboard commandos can ever answer that.”
That’s because you’re so bloody smart and can read at a million mph and missed Post No. 12. Other posts have suggested ideas. Try slowing down your million words comprehension level to 60 words per minute. You might learn something.
“Things like college board of regents and directors and I never ever miss a local school election either.”
Yeh, people like you and your Michigander brothers and sisters are bringing Michigan back from the brink. It proves that we can turn this around.
Cool. I can’t wait for the AARs from when you do those very things.
Michigan has the special forces of a tea party movement. We don’t get much attention outside Michigan but the state establishment knows we’re here because tea partiers are taking over seat after seat at the county level.
I don’t think any other state has put a tea party backed committeeman on the RNC. Right at the heart of the GOP policy making structure.
” I can’t wait for the AARs from when you do those very things.”
The All-America Rose Selections?
That’s cool. It’s good to like gardening. It helps people like you to understand basic concepts like dirt, shovel, manure, seed, plant, grow and eat.
It will help you from starving to death.
I learned a long time ago that you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. I’ve been flailing at windmills since the Clinton years, and all that did was prolong the inevitable for a few more years. Face it....the takers now outnumber us. It’s all downhill from here.
“Face it....the takers now outnumber us. It’s all downhill from here.”
You’re wrong, buddy. We control 26 states. The rats control 11 states. There’s a couple of Hillary traitors here on FR trying to convince everyone that all is lost. Ignore them.
We are winning.
“I don’t think any other state has put a tea party backed committeeman on the RNC. Right at the heart of the GOP policy making structure.”
You people in Michigan have more guts than half the fairies on this thread claiming that they’re tough guys,
Kudos to MI!! May MI be an example to other states ;)
The left wins because too many on the right let the perfect become the enemy of the good (2012 primary when the not Romney fought each other).
The left wins because too many on the right don't pay attention to local elections.
The left wins because too many on the right are not involved in the Republican Party and participate in party leadership elections.
The left wins because too many on the right are lazy, whether it be from poor work ethic on politics, thinking they are above politics, or simply don't know how to fix things.
PREACH!
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