Oyate
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- Nov 19, 2007
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Howdy, I'm not going to be glum, just pointing out a couple more ideas on "why".
Previous posters have pointed out lots of perfectly reasonable explanations as to why this was only or 3rd greatest bomb to date. It wasn't widely promoted, it wasn't hyped by the MSM, most of us are busy with the primaries in one way or another, most of us spend money on our own grassroots promo stuff, that's all good ya.
I do know about how many of us are young, new to the movement and not getting total victory at this point would be pretty disappointing to many in this category. It's hard to believe that people won't listen to the truth when you are young. But we know this ya.
There's one effect I don't think has been discussed all that much. When I was in not-for-profit, we called it "donor fatigue". It happens with every major disaster. You get an outpouring of support early on, but as the issue fades from the news (ring any bells?), people kind of tune it out. They already did what they felt they had to do. On with the next thing.
It's not too hard to understand for many hardcore activists. We call this "real fatigue" or "butt-ass tired" or "dead-ass broke". But hardcores always bounce back and get back in the fight.
And being hard core gets you into veteran status before long.
And veterans don't give up in this game. Not unless something major stops them.
We're making room for a whole new generation of veteran activists in this here movement. Don't worry about the seeming loss of momentum. Often, things seem most calm when the real change is happening. It takes some time to manifest but it's already happened.
Shake off all slings and arrows, things get really exciting from here. Promise.
Previous posters have pointed out lots of perfectly reasonable explanations as to why this was only or 3rd greatest bomb to date. It wasn't widely promoted, it wasn't hyped by the MSM, most of us are busy with the primaries in one way or another, most of us spend money on our own grassroots promo stuff, that's all good ya.
I do know about how many of us are young, new to the movement and not getting total victory at this point would be pretty disappointing to many in this category. It's hard to believe that people won't listen to the truth when you are young. But we know this ya.
There's one effect I don't think has been discussed all that much. When I was in not-for-profit, we called it "donor fatigue". It happens with every major disaster. You get an outpouring of support early on, but as the issue fades from the news (ring any bells?), people kind of tune it out. They already did what they felt they had to do. On with the next thing.
It's not too hard to understand for many hardcore activists. We call this "real fatigue" or "butt-ass tired" or "dead-ass broke". But hardcores always bounce back and get back in the fight.
And being hard core gets you into veteran status before long.
And veterans don't give up in this game. Not unless something major stops them.
We're making room for a whole new generation of veteran activists in this here movement. Don't worry about the seeming loss of momentum. Often, things seem most calm when the real change is happening. It takes some time to manifest but it's already happened.
Shake off all slings and arrows, things get really exciting from here. Promise.
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