Friday, June 17, 2016

Will they show up?

Lovely, more jargon to learn. This one might be worth it though. SINO: supporter in name only is definitely an issue that explains the weakness of political parties and other organizations in the age of social media. Chuck McCutcheon, writing at the Christian Science Monitor, used the term in describing big wheel officials that can make a difference in trumps campaign. I am actually interested in how the loose affiliation among regular voters will affect the alt right or hard right as a movement. 


This was a problem for anti-war and civil rights activists in the sixties too, there were a few committed organizers and a lot of people who would show up for events and then disappear. But is it possible that the gaggle on Facebook and Twitter that talks a good fight will fail to show up when it counts?

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