After a long winter of protests I've found myself withdrawing - not out
of disinterest but because of a job loss and a need to recharge way over
used emotional 'batteries.'
My feeling is the best way to respond to conservatives like the WIBA
radio people, is to (as noted below) speak a language they understand.
They believe the economy is bad, they agree jobs are needed, they would
agree (I hope) promoting business that promotes jobs and economy is a
good thing. Send them the UW report of 2009 about the $1.5+ Billion
dollars in REAL economic impact that cycling has on Wisconsin.
If they promote anti-biking rhetoric, then they are promoting REMOVING
jobs, closing businesses, loss of personal income, sales, tax revenue, etc.
Sure, you can say all you want about what their emotional argument is
(We hate bikers, we love cars) but engaging in that argument gets no one
anywhere. It is intentionally framed as an un-winnable argument,
intended to get under the skin of liberals/bikers, so we will become
irrational and appear to be nutcases on the edge of reality. But if we
universally reply with economic facts that are irrefutable, then we
force THEM to defend an anti-business, anti-economic, anti-job position.
If something ("Biking has an economic impact of $1.5 Bil. per year") is
repeated enough, it becomes a known fact. Let's make it a known fact.
Money is a big deal these days with the GOP and the right. If they
laugh, we can send them John Burke's PH# and maybe he can educate them
on economics.
Thanks for listening
Mark Evans
On 9/27/11 4:24 PM, [email protected] wrote:
There?s no point in bringing up the fact that bicycles pollute less or
contribute less to global warming. The liberal officials are already on your
side, and the conservatives hear it as you suggesting you are a superior human
being for polluting less and tune you out.
? Conservatives believe that what us bikies really want is to force
them out of their cars and into a lifestyle they don?t want. Look up ?Agenda
21? on google sometime to see how they describe it.
? Conservatives (or most people for that matter) are not going to be
reasonable until you frame your discussion in terms of things that they already
value.
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