Posted on by Nathan Riley

Let’s Start a Movement For Freedom

All too often, people vote the way their friends and colleagues vote. When unions were strong and union halls were social gathering places, people voted Democratic and for unions.

Unions, of course, have declined, and the union halls play a smaller role in reaching voters. The kinds of people that join unions has changed over the years. Now, union members are usually white-collar workers—schoolteachers, professional athletes, and government office workers. Unions of autoworkers, steelworkers, construction workers, railroad workers, and other working class unions like apartment building employees are important, but they don’t dominate organized labor the way they did after World War II. Frequently, these unions work with their employers to stop foreign competition.

Freedom Democrats will organize a different group: sex workers and their customers, drug users, the LGBTQ+ community, porn watchers and the performers. By throwing weekly parties, Freedom Democrats hope to create a large group that supports personal privacy and seeks alternatives to the forever wars. The weekly parties will allow people of different backgrounds, regardless of education, to create groups of voters who can influence politics in their community and hopefully in Washington D.C. It is hoped that the weekly parties take the place of union halls as social gatherings for voters.

Freedom is critical to this group because all too often politicians impose criminal penalties, often harsh, that interfere with these people’s lives. The Declaration of Independence guarantees us equality and the right to pursue happiness as we choose. Turning these ideals into reality appeals to many Americans. In all probability, the people coming to the Freedom Democratic parties will include many who aren’t sex workers, lesbians, transgendered, or gay and prefer real sex to porn. They simply don’t care how other people live their lives, but they don’t want government interference. Adults in a free country can make up their own minds about how they get high or how they get off.

In a free country, doctors can treat patients without strangers, especially politicians and the law telling them how to do their job. The free choice that women should have with regard to abortion should also apply to people’s other personal habits. Doctors should be free to work with patients on a treatment plan that conforms to medical standards without the law or moralists telling doctors how to do their job. Most especially, doctors should be able to prescribe drugs that make users’ lives comfortable without judges or the DEA interfering.

Freedom Democrats are trying to turn the Declaration of Independence’s promise into daily reality. This idea is attractive to all kinds of people, including those who don’t take drugs or purchase sex. For this reason, it is hoped that Freedom Democrats will appeal to many Americans and give the group influence. If Freedom Democrats can nominate candidates, provide votes that help elect officials, it will have a chance to change attitudes and the law in this country.

I am 82, nearly blind, and eager to find enterprising people who want to start such a movement. I can only offer an idea. It is up to others to turn that idea into a reality.

Posted on by Nathan Riley

Throw a Party

Work with others who can provide music, refreshments, find a location. Become hosts on behalf of Freedom Democrats.

The goal is to find people who will vote for privacy and free choice—the Freedom Democrats.

Voting is free and for every citizen. The idea is common sense. Get a large number of voters working together so they can meet with politicians and know they have something to offer: votes!

It is not rocket science; it turns fun into a way to be heard. It turns fun into a way to meet people who are smart and for people who didn’t make the honor role at school to become as important as those who went to college. It is a basic part of American history—the push for equality.

The common cause is protecting people who party from those who criticize and try to make life more difficult for those who enjoy porn, drugs and hours of fun.  Remember Democrats and Republicans can be hostile to people who party, claiming it sends a bad message.  The people who party should protect their rights just as much as people who join unions protect their rights, as do others who fight for equal rights for Blacks and Hispanics or to make it crystal clear, those who fight to protect the rich from taxes. The objective is to become players in government and law. Get involved, get equal.

The key organizing tool is fun—a party.

But Freedom  Democrats should also acquire knowledge.  Politics is a game of numbers. Everybody lives in an election district (ED), the smallest political district. EDs are the building blocks. They are combined with other EDs to create a district. For example, the district that elects a member of Congress, or elects a city council member, a state senator, or a member of the state House of Representatives.

Each district has a history of voting.  You will be amazed at how few votes can make a difference between winning and losing. These histories of voting are public records but often require money.  Many offices charge a copying fee.  But the knowledge learned from examining these records is invaluable.

It is an example of how starting with fun it is also possible to become serious—to learn facts that make a difference between winning and losing.

Parties allow people to work together, and through cooperation gives the people who party a powerful voice that will be heard.

Start with the fun but keep an eye out for acquiring serious knowledge, like the history of voting in your town or city.

I have suggested that we start by helping Joe Biden; it is a smart way to get started being friendly. We help you, you help us. After we get involved, we will see if we remain friends, but it makes sense to start with a smile.

That’s it, throw a party, study the elections in your community acquire the skills to protect yourself if someone wants to call sex work human trafficking, or because the illegal market pushed fentanyl then thinks it is okay to call an overdose a murder.  Changing the attitude of law enforcement is a good idea.

So throw a party.