Recruiting More Democrats

[DanBaron]

We need to recruit more High Level Establishment Dems and anti-MAGA Republicans to this Site. There are a lot of good people and ideas here and word needs to get out. Pod Save America, Dr. Maddow, Tim Miller, Bryan Taylor Cohen (sp?) should at least have some Staff and Assistants following DU. More ideas are on the way.

[Scrivener7]

1. Go ahead and do that, then.

[DanBaron]

2. I Am Trying

I have sent some emails to those people. We need a large mailing from DU to get their attention. These are busy professional people.

[Scrivener7]

3. Then go ahead and organize that.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. No we don't.

These folks are busy creating content to make a living.

I don’t see how their presence at DU would do anything to help the fight against fascism.

Celebrities are not our saviours- we must be the change we wish to see.

[DanBaron]

5. Right

I am not trying to recruit them because they are celebrities. I am trying to recruit them because they have a platform and they can reach a lot of people. Media figures are human beings just like you and me. We should try to establish contact with their staff and interns at least so the word can get out.

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. Knock yourself out

But expect to be disappointed.

Hard pass from me.

Indivisible.org has resources for many better ways to spend your time and energy fighting fascism.

[DanBaron]

10. Political Analysis

Why can't we have more Political Analysis on these Message Boards? I dont have the energy or means to go to a demonstration. This place is my demonstration. We need to elevate the level of discourse here. Just my two cents.

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. We need less political analysis and more political ACTION

There are plenty of pundits on TV and the internet that will tell you what they think is “the answer” to the pressing questions of the day.

If you can’t go to a demonstration, try other home based activities- call or write (emails are ignored) your representatives, daily if necessary. Sign up for a postcard campaign (sending postcards to voters near election time to encourage them to get to the polls. Do phone banking for the candidate of your choice.

Seeking out more and more bias-confirming analysis and punditry is of limited value IMO.

[DanBaron]

14. Action

Fair enough. Consider my Posts here to be Rough Drafts of Papers that I intend to send to my Elected Officials and to Media Figures as well. You are Canadian? You have a strong grasp on American politics for a Canadian. Elbows up, man.

[Fiendish Thingy]

15. Dual citizen

Californian by birth, Canadian by choice.

[Keepthesoulalive]

6. The word is out there

Reaching more people on different platforms. The American people have to become invested in saving our country and making their votes count to that end.

[DanBaron]

7. Good Reply

The Word is Partly Out There. We Need To Amplify Our Message.

[lostincalifornia]

8. Good luck with that. There seems to be an anti-Democratic Establishment push among some who seem to

actually not want them to be part of the Democratic party.

which is quite sad because with all the chaos and suffering that trump and his rethugs are causing, it makes the opportunity to regain power that much more difficult because it contributes to division among Democrats.

Not a good strategy.

The adversary should be the republicans, not fellow Democrats.

[DanBaron]

11. MAGA

MAGA is the Enemy, not Moderate Republicans. MAGA has consumed the Republican Party like a Cancer. We have anti-MAGA Republicans like Tim Miller. So we need to break up MAGA in part by recruiting more Anti-Trump Republicans.

[JustAnotherGen]

12. I co-sign this post

[cadoman]

16. maybe not recruit them to be Democrats, but rather recruit them to "stay home and not support Nazism"

Not everyone makes a good Democrat. If there is hatred in their heart towards non-white races or transgender individuals, or love in their hearts for fascism, then I don't think we want to invite them to become Democrats.

Rather, we should "recruit" them to stay at home, which is about the best we can hope for, for such lost souls.

[DanBaron]

17. Agreed

I am anti-racist, anti-fascist and an ally to the letter people. We live in dangerous times.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

18. "letter people"

👀

[JI7]

19. No we don't. And many of them already check out

various demn leaning sites.

It's up to them if they want to sign up. But there are people that are more interesting on just getting clicks to links and never really discuss anything.