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Where I live most liberals are too busy thought-policing each other and trying to 'out' eat other as closeting trump supporters to do anything effectively. They are scared of their own shadows.
I used to be part of a few community orgs, I left last year because I was so done with people telling me how if I'm not foaming at the mouth angry at working-class white people and virtue signalling constantly about how pure I am, then I'm a nazi. It was so petty to the point I got screamed at for wearing a trucker hat that I was secretly a Trump supporter, because ONLY TRUMP SUPPORTERS WEAR HATS. Shit was utterly insane.
It's hard to organize and get together with people when they won't accept your support/efforts if its anything less than their ideal.