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In reply to the discussion: Want to know just how fake some pro-TPP people really are? [View all]ConservativeDemocrat
(2,720 posts)Rallies don't do jack shit.
Really.
Don't believe me? You know, anti-Abortion activists hold rallies all the time. How convincing do you think they are?
Parading around, with the same group of die-hard believers, in front of abortion clinics, making noise in the streets, ignored by everyone else - certainly ignored by the media. Who cares?
What changes things is door to door organizing, lobbying, or a combination. No, it's not all money. Politicians listen a lot more to organizations that promise 100,000 phone calls by true believers than ones that promise millions of dollars.
Yes, you can do both. But just remember - every hour that someone spends in what amounts to a big party for the people who already are convinced, is one hour less spent trying to talk to people who aren't.
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