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2016 Postmortem

EffieBlack

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1. We need to do more than march. Much more.

Reply to The_Voice_of_Reason (Original post)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 12:43 PM

Dec 2016

Marching without a strategy and specific action is just a self-indulgent temper tantrum that means nothing and goes nowhere.

Relying on marching and social media is a recipe for continued irrelevancy and further defeats.

Stop marching and tweeting and GO DO SOMETHING!

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Do We Continue to Whine, or Do We March? [View all] The_Voice_of_Reason Dec 2016 OP

We need to do more than march. Much more. EffieBlack Dec 2016 #1

Do me a favor The_Voice_of_Reason Dec 2016 #3

It sounds like you have experience with exactly what I'm talking about EffieBlack Dec 2016 #5

I don't disagree The_Voice_of_Reason Dec 2016 #9

March... Mike Nelson Dec 2016 #2

Already marching. Rex Dec 2016 #4

Organize crazycatlady Dec 2016 #6

This EffieBlack Dec 2016 #7

Getting involved in The_Voice_of_Reason Dec 2016 #10

I've been on the receiving end of it before crazycatlady Dec 2016 #11

Not sure it's fair The_Voice_of_Reason Dec 2016 #15

Marching is basically the same as whining oberliner Dec 2016 #8

And Trump's reign promises to be a lot like a fascist dictatorship. Paladin Dec 2016 #12

We should do everything in our power to prevent that from happening oberliner Dec 2016 #13

Couldn't agree with you more. (nt) Paladin Dec 2016 #14