Move On Has Common Sense.
I saw this quote in the current edition of Salon, and thought it related so closely to some of my recent posts, that I should put it out there.
"Indeed, for all its fearlessness in taking on the right, MoveOn works to avoid controversy among progressives. "I'm personally very concerned about what's going on in the Middle East," says Pariser, speaking of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "That's something that MoveOn probably won't directly address for the next year, and I'm perfectly happy to say that's not MoveOn's place. We intentionally look for issues that are not divisive." Thus you won't find anything on MoveOn's site about abortion, or about guns. "Not that those aren't important issues," Pariser says, "but when there's so many battles to fight, why pick the ones that divide the base?"
"One of the things MoveOn has done that is really interesting: They've been able to engender a radical support for a practical solution," Seiger says. "
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