I've kinda had it with all of the BS

[Le Taz Hot]

83. With all du respect, JD,

"joining your local Democratic party" is not the be-all, end-all. I'm glad you've had positive experiences in your area but my local Democrats are a COMPLETE waste of time. They spend ENORMOUS amounts of time arguing amongst themselves as to who is going to be chairman of what, jockeying for position and generally getting NOTHING done. Oh, they write a Resolution every now and again but let's get real, a Resolution is a way of looking like you're doing something without actually doing anything. Trying to organize voter registration I was told was a waste of time, that they already had their venues where they do that and anything else is a waste of time. I tried and tried to organize volunteers and was told I was stepping on people's toes (I'm an ACTIVIST -- one of the things I do is ORGANIZE). I have to say they were the most uninformed political group I've ever encountered. When I go work on labeling GMO's or work against fracking, people are savvy about the subjects, they've done their homework and you can actually hold an intelligent, PROGRESSIVE conversation with them. When I worked with the local Democrats it was exactly the opposite. Their whole spiel was basically, "Rah rah Democrats, boo boo Republicans." Half the time they won't even put up a Democrat to run against the Republicans in a county that is a majority registered Democrats. I tried to organize voter outreach and, again, was told that that was not my jurisdiction. Basically I got tired of trying to organize and WORK with people who were more interested in forming factions against each other and being cheerleaders than to try to accomplish anything.

Again, I'm glad you have positive experiences with your group but not all groups are equal. I walked over 10 years ago because of the above and now spend my time WORKING on actual causes, hopefully one day making a difference.