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Geoffrey M. Wardle

15 Apr, 16 tweets, 6 min read

Fellow Sane Idahoans, don't let the #idleg and #IDiots and #COVIdiots get you down.

Now, if you have complained about the #idleg but you voted for Ryan Davidson, you need to go spend some time alone for some serious personal introspection because you did a bad bad thing.

That said there are some things we all need to do. The extremists, they won't change, but when you hear normal people you know and who you have a realtionship spout the stupid stuff, know enough about it that you can itnerject and say "actually, that isn't right" #idleg

You have to speak up. You have to be a resource that people will trust for information, even if you cannot be political due to your current work/position/standing whatever. If you cannot say it publicly, at least be a resource to send people to the right place. #idleg

You have to band together with others who have similar goals, even if you are not of the same political ideology. Find the common ground where you can support others. #idleg

You have to recognize that Twitter is not real, Facebook is not real, and Instagram is totally not real. (TikTok is real though). Don't create your own echo chamber. We all know the crazy uncle who posts stuff on Facebook. #idleg

We don't want to engage with him, but he needs to know and see what we are saying. Sometimes you need to post it all everywhere so people see it (and then make an interpretive dance for TikTok). #idleg

We all remember in college that on a typical day at the Student Union, the College Republicans/Jordan Peterson Fan Club had 5 dudes screaming about men's rights and the Students for Fidel had 15 people with assorted leftist slogans shouting them down, #idleg

The other 500 people were just trying to get a bagel before running off to their 11am lab, and then getting to work, and then getting their project done. #idleg

that is what we have to remind people, that the extremists feed off each other, create the conflict, create the fear, but their existence is not reality. #idleg

most everyone is just trying to get by and the coalition of the normal can be powerful if mobilized, but unfortunately, the extremists are the ones that mobilize people. #idleg

For those "boosters" that are threatening BSU, point out that if you make the school hostile to diverse viewpoints and diverse student body, do you really think you are going to win another Fiesta Bowl if you don't have type of players we have been able to recruit? #idleg

I am fine if you want to go back to the FCS/1AA but I don't think a lot of you Fiesta Bowl aficionados really want to go back to playing directional schools and that is what you will do if you run off coaches and players because of the veiled and open racism. #idleg

So, hug a teacher, tell your Dad that Tucker isn't right and that you Cannot believe that he would watch Nazi propaganda, ask a trans kid if they are OK. #idleg

wave to your neighbor with the Trump bumper sticker (but not the ones with the flags still flying, they are irredemable), #idleg

And find new ways to spread normality. Let people know what you think, that you can be trusted, and that you are willing to show them the way. #idleg

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