There are two main purposes for my social media accounts, Twitter in particular: 1) To inspire positive change globally and 2) To garner more recognition individually. In order to do this, I try to keep my 96.7k followers informed (among others); stimulate thought and civil discussion; and prompt laughter. I regularly try to share information about different writings of mine, books, radio show/podcast appearances, etc. Honestly, when I started on Twitter, I had no idea what I was doing. Now I kind of feel like a pro. I try to interact with my fans and followers as much as time allows for it, but I can only respond to so many posts and questions in a given day. Also, while most of my interactions with followers have been positive, there have been occasions when this has been anything but the case. One such instance happened just today, which I'll delve into now.
A follower told me, "I've been noticing you posting some bad headlines lately. What's up with that?" After telling him I was simply attempting to expose the GOP's hypocrisy, double-standards, and ridiculousness. He responded with, "Exposing is one thing. What you're doing is just repeating GOP's talking point, doing exactly the same thing anti-Trumpers say the media is doing."
This was in response to an article surrounding Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins, who explained why she felt vindicated for her decision to vote in Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Justice. Collins was basing this on two recent decisions by Kavanaugh to punt on Planned Parenthood cases. I was just trying to point out that her claim was ridiculous, for she was basing her "vindication" on only two cases. That's an incredibly small sample size, making it way too early to make any concrete declarations on which way Kavanaugh will ultimately go on matters of women's rights. How that's repeating GOPers' talking points is beyond me. I simply want to inform people and help illustrate the ridiculousness which has enraptured the modern-day Republican Party.
While I will always appreciate the passion of the far-left, they do frustrate me at times. Some seem to believe that it does absolutely no good to discuss Republicans or the Republican Party, because any publicity is good publicity, there's no way we'll be able to persuade any self-described Republicans over to our side, and we should solely focus our attention on getting more progressives registered and voting. I'm sorry, but didn't this mentality at least partially pave the way for Donald Trump to become president? Ignorance is never bliss. Millions of former non-voters felt ignored; for some crazy reason, non-politician Donald Trump tapped into this feeling, and he won them over on election day. If Democrats are going to focus solely on winning elections as opposed to also focusing on improving people's lives, we're no better than today's Republicans. At least GOPers don't shy away from this fact. Through gerrymandering, voter suppression tactics, and even going so far as to hire convicted frauds to run campaigns, they've put it all out there that they're willing to stoop to any level in order to win on election day and that it's not about doing good for the communities they represent; it's about doing good for themselves. We don't support universal healthcare for only Democratic voters or liberals. We support the policy because we feel it's morally right. We support stricter gun laws, because we feel it too will save lives. We support equal rights for all, because we want to believe in the American Dream and all that it's supposed to represent. We can't do this by ignoring certain demographics, regardless if we may disagree with them politically. We can't ignore rural voters, the elderly, conservatives, etc. They're a part of this country too, and as we saw in 2016, when we ignore the whole picture, the truth, the other side, we all wind up losing. Let's not make that same mistake again. Open your eyes; stay informed; inform others; reach out; listen; and try to both prompt positive change and inspire others to do so.
A follower told me, "I've been noticing you posting some bad headlines lately. What's up with that?" After telling him I was simply attempting to expose the GOP's hypocrisy, double-standards, and ridiculousness. He responded with, "Exposing is one thing. What you're doing is just repeating GOP's talking point, doing exactly the same thing anti-Trumpers say the media is doing."
This was in response to an article surrounding Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins, who explained why she felt vindicated for her decision to vote in Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Justice. Collins was basing this on two recent decisions by Kavanaugh to punt on Planned Parenthood cases. I was just trying to point out that her claim was ridiculous, for she was basing her "vindication" on only two cases. That's an incredibly small sample size, making it way too early to make any concrete declarations on which way Kavanaugh will ultimately go on matters of women's rights. How that's repeating GOPers' talking points is beyond me. I simply want to inform people and help illustrate the ridiculousness which has enraptured the modern-day Republican Party.
While I will always appreciate the passion of the far-left, they do frustrate me at times. Some seem to believe that it does absolutely no good to discuss Republicans or the Republican Party, because any publicity is good publicity, there's no way we'll be able to persuade any self-described Republicans over to our side, and we should solely focus our attention on getting more progressives registered and voting. I'm sorry, but didn't this mentality at least partially pave the way for Donald Trump to become president? Ignorance is never bliss. Millions of former non-voters felt ignored; for some crazy reason, non-politician Donald Trump tapped into this feeling, and he won them over on election day. If Democrats are going to focus solely on winning elections as opposed to also focusing on improving people's lives, we're no better than today's Republicans. At least GOPers don't shy away from this fact. Through gerrymandering, voter suppression tactics, and even going so far as to hire convicted frauds to run campaigns, they've put it all out there that they're willing to stoop to any level in order to win on election day and that it's not about doing good for the communities they represent; it's about doing good for themselves. We don't support universal healthcare for only Democratic voters or liberals. We support the policy because we feel it's morally right. We support stricter gun laws, because we feel it too will save lives. We support equal rights for all, because we want to believe in the American Dream and all that it's supposed to represent. We can't do this by ignoring certain demographics, regardless if we may disagree with them politically. We can't ignore rural voters, the elderly, conservatives, etc. They're a part of this country too, and as we saw in 2016, when we ignore the whole picture, the truth, the other side, we all wind up losing. Let's not make that same mistake again. Open your eyes; stay informed; inform others; reach out; listen; and try to both prompt positive change and inspire others to do so.
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