The next legislative victory? A Democratic majority at any price? The presidency of Barack Obama? To cleanse the blogosphere of people you perceive as demonic harpies? To stop people on the blog you frequent saying things you don't like? To stamp out Ponies?
Or a better world?
For the Greatest Good For All Concerned?
For Freedom, Equality and Justice for all People.
Or perhaps to try to help save the world from impending and accelerating Climate Change that will be FAR more destructive than even ...Jane Hamsher?
Are you indeed fighting FOR something? Or just fighting against people you don't like?
People who ...perhaps... have a larger vision of what politics means, of what's at stake in every issue where we have a choice of fighting the radical change needed or an incremental "Baby Steps" approach whose very real effect is to preserve the status quo that IS destroying the planet that your children and grandchildren need to you know...live.
Or ARE we all fighting for the same thing? IS that what you want too, all of those things listed above?
IS the only difference that we have a difference of "tone," "style," and approach to affecting change in our government and thus the world?
If so I have a small suggestion for YOUR tone, style, and approach. It can be summed up in one word: Tolerance.
Anyone who has spent much time at Daily Kos has seen and experienced the utter futility of fighting each other in the comment section. And yet there are whole cadres of people here who seem to participate, or perhaps even exist, only to attack others. Only because they don't like the "tone," "style," and approach of other posters on a blog.
What does this accomplish? How does this advance the Cause of creating a better world?
How does this advance the goal of achieving For the Greatest Good For All Concerned?
How does it help achieve Freedom, Equality and Justice for all People?
We are all unique, we all have our own voice, we all (presumably) are trying in our own way, as we as individuals see fit, to Change the World. Or we wouldn't be here.
Perhaps if we can all tolerate each others "tone," "style," and approach a little bit more, we can find a way to work together....or at least stop trying to STOP others from doing what they think will work.
Since, ya know, insulting each other in the comments section of a blog has yet to be shown to have a positive effect on achieving the Change we can believe in.
It takes great self discipline not to attack others with whom you disagree, and perhaps even harder to not respond to those who are attacking you. It takes discipline and sacrifice to achieve real Change.
But it has to start somewhere right?
Why not with each of us?
If we all fight FOR that Change, perhaps we can achieve other Change as well.