the unexpected thing about Talking To Your Representatives is that it can actually work, if enough people are similarly mad about the same thing. you won’t get the elected on the phone. but they will hear about it from their annoyed staff, who might not have time to do anything else
l man, this is how the Right does it. Cultural conservatism is a minority ideology, but its adherents win because they are willing to be deeply unpleasant and are counting on the rest of us to give them everything they want while muttering "Christ, THIS fucking guy," and so far it's worked for them
