Many have shed light on the Astroturf nature of the unruly and factless mobs being driven by organizers and groups trying desperately to hide their Republican and corporate affiliation/sponsorship. Pundit wrap-up focused on it this morning, including Gail Collins calling out the fight-fire-with-fire strategy a bad plan. I happen to agree, since combating fire with same when someone is burning down your house is, well, counterproductive to say the least. But the lack of a clear strategy to combat this nonsense can be frustrating: teacherken asks and answers Why Bother? with 'Because we can, and thus we must.' So, since simply calling out the mob's nonsense as nonsense to those who already know (like most readers here or other progressive blogs) isn't going to move the debate, what do we do?...looking for comments below the fold
I don't have a comprehensive plan. That's not why I put this diary up. I put this diary up because I haven't seen one, but I'm sure people have got ideas. Call our Reps and Senators? Call others' Reps and Senators? Show up at events to provide reasonable, thoughtful support? One other thing I had thought of was calling Glen Beck or Rush's (et al) shows, under the pretense of supporting their views, but needing details to convince others. Anyway, I don't claim to have the answers, that's why this is a call to Kossacks to list and discuss your plans and ideas for action...thoughtfully and civilly, since there's no need to embody that which we're trying to combat.