Oh I hate to be a blog party pooper (or to even sound all pollyanish) but do people really think that's the best way to win voters over to their side? I know everyone is ticked about the results right now (and rightfully so) but wouldn't a better plan be to better educate voters next time around? The Yes on 2 people won by misleading people and people generally don't like being misled. Flipping off well intentioned but uninformed voters isn't the way to help the cause.
Nope. I don't think anyone is going to be swayed by a flock of flipped birds all over the internet. I don't think there's enough well intentioned but uninformed voters out there who are going to change their minds. There will always be vocal opponents to this right, just like there are still vocal opponents to the rights of women and minorities. I don't see this fight ending until the US Supreme Court hears a case (which, since Prop 8 overturned a previous ruling by the California Supreme Court, I bet could happen sooner rather than later). If not for the SCOTUS, I don't think there's a chance until our parents' generation is greatly depleted and a generation of kids who grew up not using 'gay' as an insult are eligible to vote.
In the meantime, I am even more amused by this than I am by the flock of flipped birds. For every donation of $5 or more, the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center will send a postcard to Mormon Church President Thomas Monson’s office in Salt Lake City, acknowledging your donation in his name. The text of the postcard is beyond the link. (via Whatever)
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"...flock of flipped birds..." LOL!
Okay, so I'm just speaking from personal experience here but one of the reasons that I quit political blogging was because everyone involved was just so firm in their opinions they spent far too much time excoriating the opposition and never gave any thought to trying to win people over.
This is a democracy, right? And living in a democracy means that your side doesn't always win. At least not right away.
I think that when your side doesn't win the best thing to do is to firm up your arguments and make your case better next time. Offending voters doesn't help your case, educating voters on the issues does. If you present a strong enough argument, people are smart. They'll come around. One singular defeat doesn't mean that the issue is wrong or dead. It just means that next time you have to present a better argument than the opposition.
As for the Supreme Court deciding the issue, I HATE that. HATE. IT. That means that 9 people decide the fate of a country rather than the country's citizens being convinced of the "correctness" of a decision on their own.
Look at Roe vs. Wade. Yes, the court decided the case but they didn't convince "the people". That's why you have people openly supporting freaks like Eric Robert Rudolph. The people feel like they had the decision taken away from them rather than eventually coming to the right decision on their own. The Supreme Court may make the right decision in the case but I'm afraid that it will just create a more militant opposition, an opposition that would be diminished in time if the people (voters) had been more educated to the pros and cons.
Minima/Pollyanna
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