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Who said I do nothing?
I’m on the leadership board for my local political party’s senate district as a Table Officer.
I help field manage and campaign with leftist candidates door knocking weekly (edit: and my candidates win).
I’m pretty involved.
Maybe I do those things because of my “worthless perspective”… but… what do you do?
How are you making change? What are you doing besides throwing insults at a person who is helping, especially when volunteers are so hard to come by?
Edit: As you can tell, I’m all “woe is me, let’s do nothing…”
Your perspective stated above doesn’t align with my idea of someone who would be politically active. I’m glad you are fighting the good fight instead of simply participating in slacktivism, and I wasn’t trying to imply that you personally did nothing. I’m implying that your stated perspective above discourages action by instilling a sense of hopelessness.
I am also politically active although not to the degree you are; I participate in protests and mutual aid as well as other smaller forms of political activism. I do as much as I can given my mental health, which is an ever increasing amount as I grow and heal.
If you are participating in politics, you should know that perspective and optics are massively important. Saying “we’re all doomed and there’s no point!” can be harmful, actually. Maybe it helps motivate you, but for most people it’s disheartening.
Awesome, but who said there’s no point? Like, literally. Where?
Maybe you implied that from what I said, but there was no such verbiage.
It’s important to be clear in communicating. I’m sorry that you misunderstood one throw-away line and made an assumption of who I was based on that.
And thank you for the reply, sincerely.
While the fault may be mine for my assumption, it's also good to analyze why someone might construe your comment in that way. Have a nice day!
I appreciate the tone! Have a good one.