Reply #35: A note of explanation: [View All]

[mondo joe]

As someone who has been actively involved in marriage equality for a long time, and as someone with a very real stake in the matter, I have a few observations that are borne out over time.

One is that people who have only a casual or abstract relationship with the issue frequently come forth with some pretty consistent suggestions. Those suggestions, in the abstract, are perfectly legitimate ideas. But in practical application, they tend be uninformed. They are sometimes counterproductive. And they are, uniformly, ideas presented for other than the person suggesting them to do.

It feels like we're doing the heavy lifting, and someone with no investment and no real expertise is throwing ideas at us about how we should do the work.

So I may sound a bit touchy in response sometimes. I have little patience for "idea people" who have ideas about how others should work, but aren't willing to take on any actual work themselves.