John Moltz

How to fight and why we must.

I had started a lengthy post keyed off this Tom Tomorrow cartoon. I was trying to talk about how we can fight back without losing our self respect, but it was going nowhere. Then I read this post on Hullabaloo, linked to by Ezra Klein at Pandagon.

Digby was succintly able to get to the point I was trying to make:

Go for the gut, not the head.

Joseph Campbell talked about the need for ceremony, the need to belong. As progressives and "free thinkers" we value open dialog, questioning authority and challenging the status quo. Those are admirable qualities, but so are the spirit of kinship, loyalty and conviction in your beliefs. We need to re-learn how to talk in those terms.

To wrap up, read this post on the Left Coaster, to remind yourself what we're fighting. It's disturbing and important.