Great post.
Trepidation? If you weren’t a little afraid, it wouldn’t be courage! Don’t be afraid of disagreement, or even hostility. Put your ideas out there and accept that if it’s worthwhile and novel, it’s probably going to attract some flak. Flak means you’re over the target! (And remember there are plenty of leftwing trolls here. Not every conservative will agree with you, either.)
Get those ideas out there anyway. Get other people to comment on them. Maybe other people will add improvements. Maybe they will point out flawed thinking. Welcome them. Ignore those who are just cranks taking potshots.
Tea Party got duped by GOPe? Not surprised. Maybe they learned a lesson. I hope so. They are still my top choice moving forward. Do they have a mature organization capable of running candidates? Maybe not at the national level, but definitely in some local races. You have to start somewhere.
Beck. Hannity. Limbaugh. et.al. I don’t follow anyone mindlessly. I don’t agree with anyone 100%. IMO, Beck used to be entertaining (about 15+ years ago?). I think he’s gone off the rails and now is full of himself. I don’t know what he’s proposing lately because I don’t listen to him. I’m not saying his ideas are bad. I’m saying consider them carefully. Do they make sense to you? Are they “all about him”?
You are 100% right about the elites funding two fake parties.
1000%, especially your first paragraph...
i live in an uber liberal town with a left wing school superintendent...after he pushed for teachers and staff to attend a “diversity” conference (aka, whitey is wrong hate-fest) at taxpayer expense, the volcano erupted...
less than a year later after numerous board of education meetings where different people stood up and called out the superintendent, school board and school curriculum thus far:
1) the superintendent announced his retirement
2) the 10 year president of the BOE who wholeheartedly backed the superintendent did not run for re-election
3) we got two fiscally conservative citizens elected to the board...
as you stated- getting flak means you’re on target...