We live in some pretty extraordinary times as far as technology is concerned. To think we hold more technology in our hands via our cell phones than what they had when a man landed on the moon is crazy.
I still remember as a young boy when my dad came home with a surprise for my mom and the family. A brand new VCR costing only $800!
There was no such thing as the Internet or cell phones back then. The best way to pass small little bits of information along was none other than word of mouth. There was TV and radio, but that was it, and they had a monopoly on the message.
Not anymore.
In today’s world, at the drop of a hat, we can be anywhere (almost) and find the answer to any question (almost) with a computer or cell phone the Internet. It seems we have access to mountains of information but don’t know how to do anything anymore.
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Just DuckDuckGo it, and you’ll be fine.
Lately, like most of us freedom and liberty-minded patriots, we find ourselves wanting to get involved in things on the local and state level. We are not happy with what has happened over the past few years and want a change. The government is reaching too far. For me, that means diving into the belly of the beast known as Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
As I travel down this road, a few things locally have become apparent to me, which may also apply to our state. Freedom and liberty-minded patriots living here are not anywhere near as organized as the opposition. We know this, and we need to work on it. There is strength in numbers when we band together as a unified front.
Social media can be a way to help us overcome some of this, but caution is advised. We all know the censorship of the big media tech world. There are a few outlets that are friendlier than others. I use things like Telegram and Gab to substitute what little Facebook, if any, I use, understanding that one day that rug could all be pulled out too.
Secondly, while these platforms have been great for us to share information, never before have we been as informed as we are right now. We share stories about different things we see online. Since Covid, those things have escalated tenfolThat’st’s a good thing.
Make sure you are accurately informed. But here in lies the trap. Information is nothing other than information if no action is taken on the issues. I am not saying we stop reading our news by any means. Everyone knows what happens when people live their lives uninformed. But when we attempt to come together within pre-stated channels, the action portion of things can get lost in the mix.
Our organization portion needs a healthy balance between sharing information and communicating about the actions we feel we should be taking.
I wonder if the left separates these things? One place for news and information and another for organization and action on a local and state level. A separation of the two can help us focus our efforts on both fronts – being informed and answering the call to action.
Stated differently, a concerned parent in Anytown NH wants to try and gather other parents in that area to attend the local school board meeting because there is an issue they want to try to address with them.
The same parent puts it out there on current communication channels, and the call to action gets lost in the mix with everyone sharing the latest news story out there. Only a few parents catch the post, and only two show up out of those.
From a group of 600 potentially seeing the post to two, that isn’t very good!
Do you know the old saying zeal without knowledge is dangerous? I say to you that knowledge without any zeal is also dangerous.
“The only thing needed for evil to triumph is when good men do nothing” We’re very good at getting our information, but it is time to add actions into the mix, dear patriots.
