It is easy to talk about politics, just like it is easy to talk about everything. Words make sense or they don't, that's a matter of the whole fucking discourse.
But do you ever transform your words or other people's words into actions? Apart from words, apart from talking about the war in Iraq, the horrible social circumstances in your country, the Middle East, (ry... what do you actually DO with your political knowledge, your political convictions and theories? Do you do anything at all? Or is politics just a matter of talking to you?
Discuss!
Well, I was a founding member of my school's chapter of the College Republicans... what actions did you have in mind? Armed revolutions?
I've considered going into politics once or twice, but at this point in my life, I'm too busy trying to solve my own problems to be trying to solve those of others.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
I founded my high school's Youth Republican group and campaigned heavily for George W. Bush in the months leading up to the election...
Har har.
Young Republicans make me laugh.
Most kids want Dems until they grow up and get jobs. Then you have those kids that really have to be different and get all pseudo-fiscally-conservate / small-gubament / not-a-goth with their little club.
::shakes head::
> what actions did you have in mind?
No specific ones. Just generally speaking...
Myself, I have been on rallies numerous times but have stopped going to them a few years ago since I don't think anything is going to get accomplished by someone like me going to a rally.
I left.
Not US, but Australia. Howard can go jump a cliff.
<paranoia>
As for rallies and so forth, I've taken to heart what my mother, someone who lived under Stalin, once told me: don't stand out. The fact I post my political views on the internet is a weakness of mine.
Remember, just because the system is sane today is no guarantee it will always be the case. And your words and actions - they will be remembered.
</paranoia>
>>5: Are you saying conservatism is the next counterculture?
>>7: Well, at least you can recognize your own paranoia. Under a Stalinist regime, yes, one must avoid "standing out" Tiananmen-style if they wish to survive. But neither the US nor Australia is Stalinist... quite the opposite, actually, in terms of the political spectrum.
I voted, once!
>Most kids want Dems until they grow up and get jobs.
Rather ironic, because highest unemployment is during Republican terms. Thus, the Democratic default is logical. But it doesn't really work that way; hell if I could find a Dem in the poor neighborhood I drive through to school.