joshrosenau.org
Science belongs in politics. Nature-poker, mountain lion defender, climate hawk, evolution fan. PTA dad. he/him
Dir. of Policy & Advocacy, Mountain Lion Foundation
Build parks and community!
Elect Josh for Lake Forest Park, WA https://joshforlfp.com
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Aplodontia.
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That’s the message I’m going to take to all 10,000 doors in my town, and I could use your help. Donate $5, $10, or $500 and help me get mailers and yard signs and all the rest. Thanks!
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But those are all big abstract discussions. Everyone deserves to be able to Walk To The Store is concrete and I’ve yet to meet anyone who disagrees.
Indeed, I say “make it legal to turn your garage into a cafe”
and people light up. They know exactly what they’d sell. It unlocks dreams.
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And it means rethinking zoning, which exists to separate shopping areas from eating areas from working areas from sleeping areas, even though all of those are *living* areas and belong mixed together.
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…public safety. Public safety doesn’t have to come through a badge and uniform. Sometimes it’s about road engineering or neighbors who can politely, quietly, keep an eye out and make sure a kid doesn’t get lost or into mischief.
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Someday I’ll write this up as a proper essay, but the thing about “Everybody should be able to Walk To The Store” is that if you take it seriously, it touches everything. We’re talking about streets where people and community come before cars and traffic. We’re talking about decarbonizing. But also…
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His spatula is so tiny and adorable. It fits his tiny fingers.
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They’re both right?
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All flesh yearns to become crab. It is a law of nature.
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I know! That’s my point. Lotta water past that bridge. Not trying to pick old fights.
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TERF labeler saves the day. Never even saw the post.
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The fundamental attribution error is a big cognitive bias to
overcome. “*I* am extremely rational and make choices based on logic alone, *you* are an emotional and irrational mess of contradictions.”
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Anyway that’s what I think. If you agree, donate $5 (or $500!) at joshforlfp.com
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And standing up for what you believe and advocating it consistently and thoughtfully is *how you sway public opinion*. Which has to be part of the goal for any long-term political strategy for a party or movement. Not just win the next election, but win the next generation.
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Where Democrats’ values are not widely-shared and the resultant policies are not popular, Dems should still advocate them because ITS WHAT WE BELIEVE. Even if people disagree, they respect someone who stands up for what they believe.
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In cases where Democrats’ policies are not popular, they should still advocate the values that drive them because their values are widely-held by voters and deeply-held by Democrats. Those are both good!
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Idea that standing up for someone abducted & sent to foreign concentration camp - as part of a fascist power grab you are meant to be *in opposition to* - is bad move, & getting on stage to say so, means you have zero interest in confronting what we face, including winning the next election.