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AbsolutZer0 wrote:
Read the laws on Electoral College. The Popular Vote means nothing, nada zip.
THEY will continue to pass the same flawed laws (why always so many laws? Every day there is a new law!) Politician is the Job that keeps itself.
How bout this: No NEW laws! I think about 90% of them need to be repealed anyway. Bit by bit they are eroding freedoms. Go ahead let them pass another law: You'll lose another freedom. Why do these laws restrict freedom? Saftey? Security? They are SECOND to freedom, read the federalist papers!
Give me liberty or give me death! Wisest words ever spoken.
As for the government feeling that we can't watch what we say or do: The idea of CURSE words is a MORAL Dilemma, not a matter of law. Yet those words cannot be spoken on public television as a course of legislation.
Is that freedom? Someone elses morality made into law? THINK.
"The system is flawed but it's the best we got", we have been saying it for fifty years and it only gets worse but thats okay because voting will change things. Wouldn't it be nice if we wrote a constitution that included inalienable rights? Rights the government could never take away?
Zero,
I share many of your frustrations, especially relating to gun control. I favor licensed, open and concealed carry with less of the existing red tape that makes it such a hassle in Florida. As a gun owner, I am well aware of the stigma associated with firearms, and how people perceive them and the people that use them so inaccurately, as "gun nuts" or worse.
I am also an elected official in northeast Florida. Many people like to air their frustrations at times of high emotion, but rarely will mount a sustained, well-organized campaign over a length of time to exact lasting change. Political leaders are only human; issues that resonate with people, or are part of the normal order of business, get first priority. But, although there is of course a motive for self-promotion (it's par for the course), most people who get involved in politics actually do want to do something worthwhile. Otherwise, it's hard to stay focused - it's not a terribly exciting job. Try sitting through a three-hour zoning meeting and see if
you're bouncing off the walls with inspiration.
People often feel less-than-excited about going to meetings every month to express their ideas to a political crowd; they may get discouraged by setbacks, and it's really easy to believe that your words have no meaning, as you stand looking at a bunch of bland-faced people in a council chamber, and some guy with a clock tells you that your time is up.
Don't be discouraged - it takes a while, but change can and does happen. Here in FL, Jeb Bush signed a bill into law just the other day to allow CCW in state parks, and earlier this year, a self-defence law that gives victims many more rights when fighting attackers. None of this was easy; it required lobbying and persuasion. But, it did happen - and, it happened in one of the most populous states in the nation.
Bottom line is, you won't get anything done just steaming. Support the legislators you know support your cause - campaign for them, donate money, play the game. Try to persuade skeptics, but don't call them demon spawn; win them over to your side with irrefutable facts, and be nice. Most people are good people, even lawyer-politicans. Most of all, don't hurt your own cause by coming off as a crusading proselytizer. People will automatically draw back. Be cool and well-reasoned, and people will listen to you.
