Kit Rhett Aultman
@nuncio @CordiallyChloe @MarkRuffalo I actually strongly disagree. People continuing to talk about the subject matters. It keeps it in their minds. It's what this "public opinion" is shaped on. If we don't talk about it, it becomes invisible. It's forgotten. Then we have to go through the extreme effort of reminding people later.
Basically, it's part of the advertising process and "shaping the narrative".
Note I dropped the phrase "talk shows"; that's not the same thing as people talking
Nuncio Bitis ✷ ✅ 🏳️🌈
@CordiallyChloe @MarkRuffalo My congresspeople are completely in line with what I would like to see. Yet the government keeps moving further to the right.
I can't do anything until another vote comes along, so why bother talking about it?
Everybody already knows what's going on.
People talking on talk shows aren't going to make any difference at this point.
All we can do is vote.
Which is in another 2 years.
Chloe
@nuncio @MarkRuffalo I can't tell if you're being sarcastic.
First, we vote every year in the US. Off cycle elections are incredibly important right now, since almost all of these attacks are occurring at the state and local levels.
Second, many of us are writing to our congresspeople, speaking at legislative hearings, protesting, educating our friends and family, and working to make the lives of the bigots uncomfortable. We're making our voices heard now.
And we're reaching out to support the most vulnerable among us. Because suicide rates are going up because of this kind of stuff.
Acting now is absolutely necessary. Voting isn't the only way to stop this.
Nuncio Bitis ✷ ✅ 🏳️🌈
@MarkRuffalo
So wait a couple more years to vote.
That's all you can do.
No reason getting upset about things you can't control.
Mark Ruffalo
Instead of going after violent white nationalists, insurrectionists, tax cheats, polluters, & union busters, MAGA Republicans want to bully & disenfranchise trans people, who hurt no one & take nothing from society. It’s nasty & most of America knows it.
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