I am just happy to have transitioned from a lone nerdy voice in the wilderness 20 years ago to a place where I am fighting alongside others. Keeping people motivated when there are the inevitable setbacks is a challenge as is learning from our mistakes.
Newbies to the scene tend to see it all in black and white and have a take no prisoner…
I am just happy to have transitioned from a lone nerdy voice in the wilderness 20 years ago to a place where I am fighting alongside others. Keeping people motivated when there are the inevitable setbacks is a challenge as is learning from our mistakes.
Newbies to the scene tend to see it all in black and white and have a take no prisoners attitude but coming in like a bull in china shop does not help. A new guy who attended his first Council meeting a few weeks ago is running all over town and on social media talking about Marxist infiltration and riling people up but the average non awake citizen is turned off by this kind of rhetoric. I have told him there are no marxists on the city council, although some of them are naive and left leaning and taking advice from a regional organization (MARC) that does have Marxist leanings. Trying to get him to focus on specific issues and data vs name calling and inflammatory rhetoric. The normies are not there yet and we don't want to scare them off. Build relationships first, and don't let perfect be the enemy of the good. There are a couple on the Council who ARE coming around and screaming at them does not help.
Some have given up since we lost 2 of the 3 in this years SB election. A loss is just an opportunity to learn.
I am just happy to have transitioned from a lone nerdy voice in the wilderness 20 years ago to a place where I am fighting alongside others. Keeping people motivated when there are the inevitable setbacks is a challenge as is learning from our mistakes.
Newbies to the scene tend to see it all in black and white and have a take no prisoners attitude but coming in like a bull in china shop does not help. A new guy who attended his first Council meeting a few weeks ago is running all over town and on social media talking about Marxist infiltration and riling people up but the average non awake citizen is turned off by this kind of rhetoric. I have told him there are no marxists on the city council, although some of them are naive and left leaning and taking advice from a regional organization (MARC) that does have Marxist leanings. Trying to get him to focus on specific issues and data vs name calling and inflammatory rhetoric. The normies are not there yet and we don't want to scare them off. Build relationships first, and don't let perfect be the enemy of the good. There are a couple on the Council who ARE coming around and screaming at them does not help.
Some have given up since we lost 2 of the 3 in this years SB election. A loss is just an opportunity to learn.
You’re a warrior, keep up the good work. I agree, bad behavior and name calling doesn’t help the cause of conservatism at all.