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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums10 Ways to Save Democracy: Ordinary People
1. Be kind. Bullies hate kindness. Make kindness the new normal.
2. Pick a pro-democracy charity. Sign up to make a recurring monthly donation of $5 or $10. Democracy is worth it.
3. Investigate where and when your local Democratic Party meets. Show up for a meeting.
4. Pick a local official who represents you. Set up a news feed/search on them. Email or voice mail your feedback.
5. Mail your state legislative representative a list of the three most important bills you want passed in 2017.
6. Vote "yes" on mill levies and other public school funding issues.
7. Attend a school board meeting.
8. Subscribe to your local newspaper's paper or online version.
9. Discuss the Constitution with your kids. Let them know you think citizen participation is important.
10. Thank a government employee for doing a good job on your behalf.
encouragingly,
Bright
benpollard
(197 posts)The way to beat them is to fight.
zehnkatzen
(784 posts)You're not wholly wrong, but these are just a few tools that those who don't usually get called to the struggle can use to start small, and get big from there. There are those of us who gutter-fight (because it's necessary now) and a lot of us who just woke up and are scared. These are for them.
TygrBright
(20,733 posts)bigmonkey
(1,798 posts)Belligerent words with no content. Fight how? The OP is suggesting specific ways to fight on a cultural level.
zehnkatzen
(784 posts)Stealing this post's content (with proper crediting) to post to my FB account. This is positive stuff and should be spread far and wide.
TygrBright
(20,733 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)to a trumpfuhrer bully, I get a bullet in the face. I face off against just him, it's 50-50. A bunch of them? I'm probably dead, so I take a few with me. The rest? if you think it will help.