Glenn Reynolds: The importance of showing up
And people on the right HAVE been showing up: Examples include:
- One example is the massive nationwide display of support for Chick-fil-A in the face of attacks on its owners’ religious beliefs. Within days of appeals for a day of support via email lists, blogs and talk radio, every Chick-fil-A in the country was swamped by lines of people patiently waiting hours to buy a chicken sandwich. Several observers commented that if there had been voting booths in each restaurant, the result would have been a landslide.
- Likewise, Dinesh D’Souza’s new documentary, “2016: Obama’s America,” quickly became the nation’s leading documentary and has now expanded to more than 1,800 theaters nationwide. It’s rare for a documentary to get this kind of response, and basically unheard-of for a right-leaning documentary to do so. Once again, when called upon, people showed up.
- In the more obviously political realm, since the selection of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate, crowds have been huge and lines have been long. It takes a lot to get Americans off the couch, but apparently a lot of them on the Right are now willing to do it for politics.
Well let’s see, I didn’t make it to Chick Fillet, in fact I’ve never eaten there. I saw Paul Ryan up in Fort Collins last Wednesday and have seen 2016: Obama’s America. Not to mention, I plan to see Atlas Shrugged Part II in a few weeks.
Oh, and I WILL be showing up.
