Altered Reality

8/16/10 letter to Whitehouse.gov

Dear Mr. Obama,
The two prong approach. Prong 1): Speaking out loudly with facts reminding Americans of the most aggregious policies of the prior administration. Your ideological opponents would like nothing more than to forget; white-wash and dilute this ugly past, because one thing politicians rely on is the public propensity to FORGET. The pain exists NOW and all you have to do is remind Americans of the causes and effects - the FACTS. Holocast survivors have for good reason continued to chant the mantra, "lest we never forget." You do us a great disservice by quietly "taking the political high road." You must remind Americans often.

Prong 2): It's time to insist on the facts. We're living in a para-reality as pundits and opinionites spew unsubstantiated "news" everywhere. Many Americans believe whatever quasi-authoritarian rant they hear. It's time to draw out reality by engaging these opinionites in factual dialog. This is not an adversarial tactic. The strategy is simply to ask for factual references whenever someone comments as if quoting fact. The intention is to expose the ridiculous and encourage people to start asking questions themselves. Being on the side of truth and reality is a position of strength in a time of rampant fantasy because although it is easy to spin with untruth, it's ultimately easier to support the truth with references.