free.alive
01-30-2008, 12:04 AM
We've hit the brick wall and accumulated all the natural, libertarianish supporters already. We need to take this campaign and grassroots effort to the next level. To do this we need to change the way we deliver the message.
We need to toss all the libertarian and philosophically rooted arguments and appeal directly to the (perceived) conservatism and practicality (and the willingness to conform and follow) of Republicans. The vast majority are guilty of buying into "with -us-or-against-us" logic, and they see parallels between libertarian arguments and the "Blame America First Crowd" and see much social laxity as evil, or at least destructive and blasphemous.
We need to repackage the message focusing on pointing out the practical faults of
the status quo and highlighting Ron Paul's brilliant solutions.
1) We can't and won't change (most of) their (R's) minds on the war. Instead we make them see how it's fucking the economy. Ron Paul does this, but we're more likely to argue head on. That's a losing game.
2) Patriot act - this is a non-issue to the herd. Remember, they want to believe they're protected (from anything) and the state puts a lot of effort into creating the illusion that it has the solutions.
I could go on. This is just an attempt to improve our chances with bible-thumpers and flag-wavers. They should be voting for Ron Paul and they thing he's nuts.
We need to toss all the libertarian and philosophically rooted arguments and appeal directly to the (perceived) conservatism and practicality (and the willingness to conform and follow) of Republicans. The vast majority are guilty of buying into "with -us-or-against-us" logic, and they see parallels between libertarian arguments and the "Blame America First Crowd" and see much social laxity as evil, or at least destructive and blasphemous.
We need to repackage the message focusing on pointing out the practical faults of
the status quo and highlighting Ron Paul's brilliant solutions.
1) We can't and won't change (most of) their (R's) minds on the war. Instead we make them see how it's fucking the economy. Ron Paul does this, but we're more likely to argue head on. That's a losing game.
2) Patriot act - this is a non-issue to the herd. Remember, they want to believe they're protected (from anything) and the state puts a lot of effort into creating the illusion that it has the solutions.
I could go on. This is just an attempt to improve our chances with bible-thumpers and flag-wavers. They should be voting for Ron Paul and they thing he's nuts.