Wanted: blogging partner(s)

Hey there political dogmatists:

I am looking for a partner or two (or three) to do a political blog. I am a hard-core libertarian, but we don't need another libertarian blog out there that nobody will read! I need some diversity, so what I'm looking for is: 1) a hard-core conservative, 2) a hard-core liberal, and 3) a hard-core whatever (socialist, communist, etc., I dunno, is there such a thing as a hard-core centrist?)

Potential income for this endeavor: $Zero. (But you never know!)

Here's the format I'm thinking of: Each of us will contribute about one to four articles a week, or so. Articles are fairly short, about 300 to 500 words, or so. Write on any political topic or current issue. Include a picture or illustration. Each article needs to be of high quality, not profane, but very persuasive.

And if you've got the resources or connections to help PROMOTE said blog, that would be super!

If interested, reply to this thread, and we'll take it from there.

NonConformer said:

Hey there political dogmatists:

is there such a thing as a hard-core centrist?

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Yes, but I have my own blog that is doing quite well.

NonConformer said:

Hey there political dogmatists:

I am looking for a partner or two (or three) to do a political blog. I am a hard-core libertarian, but we don't need another libertarian blog out there that nobody will read! I need some diversity, so what I'm looking for is: 1) a hard-core conservative, 2) a hard-core liberal, and 3) a hard-core whatever (socialist, communist, etc., I dunno, is there such a thing as a hard-core centrist?)

Potential income for this endeavor: $Zero. (But you never know!)

Here's the format I'm thinking of: Each of us will contribute about one to four articles a week, or so. Articles are fairly short, about 300 to 500 words, or so. Write on any political topic or current issue. Include a picture or illustration. Each article needs to be of high quality, not profane, but very persuasive.

And if you've got the resources or connections to help PROMOTE said blog, that would be super!

If interested, reply to this thread, and we'll take it from there.

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I like your idea of diverse thinkers combined. I would like a site like that where they all agree on a common topic and each put their perspective rather than random unrelated articles.

Just a for instance...
Say the topic is the paris accord since thats a current topic. Start a collaborative post that shares each of your perspectives and allows the reader to review the pros and cons of each persoective and than decide for themselves where the truth lies.

Leave the partisan bickering and name calling out of it. Attack the issue from all sides.

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ModerateGOP said:

Yes, but I have my own blog that is doing quite well.

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I don't understand the mechanics. What does "doing quite well" actually mean?

trouble13 said:

I like your idea of diverse thinkers combined. I would like a site like that where they all agree on a common topic and each put their perspective rather than random unrelated articles.

Just a for instance...
Say the topic is the paris accord since thats a current topic. Start a collaborative post that shares each of your perspectives and allows the reader to review the pros and cons of each persoective and than decide for themselves where the truth lies.

Leave the partisan bickering and name calling out of it. Attack the issue from all sides.

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Kind of a point counterpoint format...Like.

I’d be interested, if for no other reason then to challenge myself to make short and persuasive articles weekly. I’d label myself as a hard-core pragmatist. I think one can be successful, ethical and effective with all types of ideologies and its all comes down to being politically effective.

I like to know more about the format you have in mind.
Are you thinking:
Would just be our own random political musings for the week?
Do we challenge each others articles?
Would it be news cycle focused, social commentary focused or a counter narrative?
What idea or who would it be marketed around?

I’d be happy to write a sample article if you show me an example of the type of format your using. I get the gist but would prefer an example.Thanks.

trouble13 said:

I would like a site like that where they all agree on a common topic and each put their perspective rather than random unrelated articles.

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Hi Trouble13,

Thanks for the reply.

On really HOT topics, that would likely happen anyway because everybody has an opinion about it. But after all the current hot topics have been beaten to death, I'd expect that all the bloggers would just write about whatever is on their minds, and I'm fine with that.

Are you interested? What political label, if any, do you identify with?

NonConformer said:

Hi Trouble13,

Thanks for the reply.

On really HOT topics, that would likely happen anyway because everybody has an opinion about it. But after all the current hot topics have been beaten to death, I'd expect that all the bloggers would just write about whatever is on their minds, and I'm fine with that.

Are you interested? What political label, if any, do you identify with?

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Ty for the invite. I would not object to making occassional contributions but i do not have the time to be a regular and besides that im a libertarian. I believe in very limited power gov.

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Conaeolos said:

I’d label myself as a hard-core pragmatist.

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Hi Conaeolos,

Thanks for the reply. But I'm really not looking for a "pragmatist". In my mind, a "pragmatist" is the polar opposite of "hard-core". Hard-core dogmatists stake out a position, be it conservative, liberal, libertarian, whatever, and stick to it with their dying breath, no matter how fierce the opposition. A pragmatist, on the other hand, is just a feather in the wind. I want hard-core!

But, I do want to answer your questions:

Would just be our own random political musings for the week?
Possibly yes, just as long as the topic is interesting and controversial, but if it ties in to some current event or issue, that's even better.

Do we challenge each others articles?
Would it be news cycle focused, social commentary focused or a counter narrative?
First off, we afford our colleagues and blogging partners with the utmost respect. I see no problem with referencing and rebutting our colleagues statements, but this is NOT a debate forum, where we beat a topic to death ad nauseum. Just a single rebuttal, please, and then let's move on. (Comments from visitors are another item altogether.)

What idea or who would it be marketed around?
Anyone out there who likes to read political commentary.

Show me an example of the type of format your using.
Do a search for posts under by name, NonConformer, for a rough idea, although please note that many of these are a bit on the short side.
Here's a post of mine that conservatives would agree with: https://www.debatepolitics.com/gene...047-pope-francis-advocates-welfare-state.html
And here's one that liberals would agree with: https://www.debatepolitics.com/general-political-discussion/194575-abolish-all-vice-crime-laws.html

MaggieD said:

I don't understand the mechanics. What does "doing quite well" actually mean?

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I get about 500-1000 views a day and most of my articles are on the first or second page of google if you type in the headlines or the right keywords, but then again. News about the TV/media biz is a smaller space than partisan politics. I don't make any money from it, but it's steadily growing.

Fair enough, I can respect it is not a lens which fits your vision; however, I couldn’t disagree more that being a political pragmatist (realist) is a “feather in the wind”.

Look at Trump. He will get more done, his values more entranced and more of his positions cemented in the America people than any hard-core democratic socialist like Bernie Sanders ever could or any true Ron Paul style libertarian ever could. He drives people nuts with his willingness to adapt to the climate he find himself, his use of negotiation tactics in order to push through his agenda but any fellow pragmatist sees how it is his values driving it all. The haters call it “power hungry” yet don’t judge how that power is used. You see a another Ted Cruise who wants to be pragmatist but gets bogged down in ideological loyalty instead of just getting his values done.

Realpolitik is what laid the foundation for the raise of a libertarian banner from the conservatives.
Realpolitik is what is encouraging classic liberals to break the ranks of the progressive movement.
Not true believers, who but enourge the ranks.

You admire the man who will stand by his values and stick with them till their dying breathe, I do too, but the man who lives and shares his values, spreads them and cements them for generations. That is a man who understands: “Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

Conaeolos said:

I couldn’t disagree more that being a political pragmatist (realist) is a “feather in the wind”.

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Fascinating topic: pragmatic versus ideologically-driven. But totally off-topic for this thread. Start up a fresh thread on that topic, and I will reply!