Stop Being a Passive Political Consumer- Do Something

[Clara T]

Reject the politics of personality- Issues over Icons

I would like to suggest that it is not an issue of agonizing over and debating about whom we should support, we see the issue as the need we have to find someone to support, and the tendency to reduce politics to personality and celebrity. Can we discuss that? What does "support" mean? Why do we need to support anyone? How is what one person does - say, Howard Dean - have so much presumed importance? Why are we so desperate to identify the teams, the players, the good guys and the bad guys?

My feeling is that there is a pervasive stance of passivity and observation among us toward politics. We watch, we comment, we choose our favorite players to cheer for, we compare stats, we track the wins and losses high-fiving or moping on cue depending on the outcome, we decide which team we are going to really get behind....

That all represents a fundamental misunderstanding as to the nature of politics, does it not? Isn't this addressing personal emotional needs more than addressing politics?



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[patrice]

1. I prefer to put issues first.

Some of the younger organizers I see around are more focused on issues too.

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[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. well. aren't you just a ray of frickin sunshine.

:wtf:

[Raydawg1234]

4. Hey if you want to be an active political consumer, Buy Lots of Ketchup!

:sarcasm:

And watch lots of porn!