“why can’t we be players along with others “
Who are some of the “others”? I don’t want to mistake your meaning here.
We are the grassroots and should be credible just as the players are (the writers, the talk show hosts, politicians, lobbyists and all those influencing the government’s actions).
We need to be able to get people to listen to us and then not throw out our views as mere rantings from the masses.