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Maybe I’m missing something but I scanned the front page there… why is it called “resistbot”? This seems like more participation in the democratic process so I’m not quite sure what they are resisting.
Likely a holdover from the Trump era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Resistance_(American_polit...
Calling the office or faxes work better than e-mail. I suspect a text is a lower tier than e-mail.
I wonder about this part near the top:
'“Resistbot is the smartest technology to emerge from the disaster that was the 2016 election. No one else even comes close.”
Debra Cleaver, Founder, Vote.org '
Is this meant to imply that the site or/and vote.org is anti-trump or anti-republican - or imply something else?
All the examples on the splash page are current Democrat priorities. Even if you are left, you are unlikely to agree with 100% of one party's platform. (If you do, start thinking critically please.) Can this tool be used to support your own priorities or is it just a retweet/amplify button for the Democrat party line?
Between January 1 and December 7, at least 19 states passed 34 laws restricting access to voting [1]. This should be a concern for any American citizen with the right to vote; don’t turn this into some politicized drama.
Let me be clear; this is the very foundation of our democracy. I find it simply appalling that there would be proponents for this.
[1] https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voti...
All the examples on the splash page are current Democrat priorities. Even if you are left, you are unlikely to agree with 100% of one party's platform. (If you do, start thinking critically please.) Can this tool be used to support your own priorities or is it just a retweet/amplify button for the Democrat party line?
The first example I see is expanded access to voting rights. Since when did this become a partisan issue? Between January 1 and December 7, at least 19 states passed 34 laws restricting access to voting [1]. This should be a concern for any American citizen with the right to vote; don’t turn this into some politicized drama. Let me be clear; this is the very foundation of our democracy. I find it simply appalling tha…
It has always been an issue of deep division in the USA.
I'm not a resident of the USA but it doesn't seem like it would be very effective. Members of Congress only seem to care about filling their own pockets via lobbying and insider trading. Improving the country seems to be an afterthought for them and even if they wanted to, they're too out of touch to do so. Hence the end of net neutrality, the constant bills to kill privacy, and the way they waste the time of big tec…
I get form letters loosely related to the issue I complained about, and sometimes not even remotely related.
Tools like this just make all modes of contacting officials less effective. Zeynep handled this really clearly years ago: https://www.twitterandteargas.org/
Calling the office or faxes work better than e-mail. I suspect a text is a lower tier than e-mail.
Do you have a source on that? Don't they pretty much all just feed into the same channels these days?
The important part is not the message, but rather the amount of effort put into the message. Someone using this bot puts in 2 minutes of effort and no money. Someone writing a letter puts in 20 minutes of time and a dollar for envelope and stamp. Someone who flies to D.C. and protests cares a lot more.
Why? The flying protester will remember in two years. The 2 minute texter will not. The flying protestor will vote and probably work on a campaign and donate money. The 2 minute texter might vote and probably will not do much else.
All the examples on the splash page are current Democrat priorities. Even if you are left, you are unlikely to agree with 100% of one party's platform. (If you do, start thinking critically please.) Can this tool be used to support your own priorities or is it just a retweet/amplify button for the Democrat party line?
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