According to the Great Armando I am a “self-styled” progressive. Why? Apparently because I spoke up about how I felt regarding one of Armando’s posts.
Well Armando, while you feel you are being a true progressive by typing all day and verbally bashing the majority of the members on this web site, I have a different approach:
1. I bought a farm so that I can help to feed my community without pesticides and herbicides.
2. I came out against the War in Iraq one year before the war in Iraq started.
3. I was asked to join the Kerry Campaign because of my skills with web advertising, promotion, construction, and my enthusiasm. My main goal was to bring in visitors to the Official Kerry Forums. I brought in over 50,000 people to not only visit but actually register and begin the first real national presidential discussion online.
4. I was the first blogger/web guy to get involved in the Cindy Sheehan March to Crawford.
5. I helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
6. I have personally built over a dozen blogs and websites for other progressives so that their voices could be shared with the world.
7. I am replacing my old Subaru with a new Hybrid car to reduce my impact on the planet.
8. I have posted over 500 links to DocuDharma in various search engines, directories, news services etc.
So, you tell me Armando, am I a real progressive?
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and at the Cindy Sheehan march I acted as a go between for her lawyer and the rest of the world. I was on the phone with him when Secret Service flew him to the event. I arranged to feed everyone there via another Progressive group that showed up and fed everyone for free. I arranged for musicians to show up. I did interviews with attendees and police officials then posted them immediately for the world to read. I also co-ordinated with some of the other top blogs in order to get the “Framing” correct.
And I also contacted every major news organization to tell them to get their buts to Crawford.
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Armando was pointing out perceived racism in his original essay.
I was pointing out perceived racism in my response.
So…is one thing wrong and the other not?
I’m a little confused.
who else has the damn right to do the styling anyway? I expect to reinvent myself as often as possible as I am open and able to learn. I am sad at the state of the nation,and not too rigid to limit myself by a definition and/or another person’s interpretation of said definition. Labels are not the issue as many sad old time Republicans have learned from the Bush.
Thanks for all the self styling, notlightness, and I wish I could come up with such a progressive example of being
Oh well “never-mind” …sigh
Thank you for everything you’ve done and will undoubtedly continue to do for progressive causes.
i followed up your essay with one of my own
and i see faheyman has also joined in… this should be fun and games here today
yikes!
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never mind we have settled our differences, Armando opened up emotionally, which should be applauded, listened to criticism from the group, and I am happy with his explanation regarding his original post on racism.
Sometimes we have to explain things in several ways in order for everyone to understand. That can be trying, ask any teacher, but if we can all come away with more knowledge in the end it is worth it.
Thanks everyone!