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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel
What I wasn't as clear about is that an online petition or facebook porch light movements are less effective than say, shooting off a quick email or making a phone call to one's elected but take the same amount of time.
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You were clear. I get what you and others have said.
All I'm saying is that the people who are just clicking links on the internet and feeling good about it are probably people who usually have not made any contribution to anything.
So what we (those of us who understand the commitment to volunteer and be active in the community) perceive as next to nothing involvement, those other people think it is a big deal because they have probably never dedicated themselves to any cause other than themselves.
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I don't care if someone wants attention or acknowledgment if they actually did something positive toward whatever cause it is at the moment and may entice others to the bandwagon. It's the attention and bandwagon with no chance of attempting or affecting real change that engages my righteous indignation. If someone doesn't have money a simple call or email to an elected official who gets paid to do those things may take a whole ten minutes, and if they have money and not time they could probably complete an online donation in five minutes.
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My personal gauge for any org or movement is 1/10. If you can get at least 1/10 of the total participants to really get involved, then I think that is about the best you can hope for. True, there will be some posers who are just out to make themselves look good to others. There will always be people like that. You can't stop them and you can't change them. Just thank them for their participation and KIM.