𝗔rtilect𝗭edSep 24, 2020

Contacting your senators is so easy.

https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?OrderBy=state&Sort=ASC

Find them on that list, click their name, and you'll be taken to their contact form.

I just wrote both of mine, letting them know they should tell Mitch to shove it on the SCOTUS seat. Literally took less than two minutes!

Show threadEndarchy | 🏴🌹Ⓐ
@artilectzed ResistBot also exists for the even lazier. https://resist.bot/
Resistbot

Text RESIST to 50409 to email, fax, or mail Congress, your state legislators, and local officials. Over 40 million messages sent. Be heard in two minutes.

Resistbot
Sep 24, 2020 at 1:21pmWeb
Show threadAgent Carter ✍️Sep 24, 2020
@endarchy
I've always seen Resistbot less for the lazy& more for those who have less time to craft a full letter or those with hearing impairments or anxiety that makes phone calls to MOCs difficult.
Personally, I use it daily on my bus ride to work every morning. Quick& simple, it gets my message across& I can start my day feeling like I've accomplished something before I even have my morning coffee.
@artilectzed
Show threadEndarchy | 🏴🌹ⒶSep 24, 2020

@AgentCarter_SSR @artilectzed It's a wonderful tool, I use it all the time myself. It makes communicating with congrescritters super easy.

That ease means those who want to put minimal effort have no excuses either.

Show threadTony Stark Sep 24, 2020

@AgentCarter_SSR
I use Resistbot for certain things and the phone for others. It allows me to make multiple contacts on different issues to different government representatives, not just members of Congress.

I would not categorize it as lazy and am not a huge fan of the word as it has ableist connotations.
@endarchy @artilectzed

Show threadEndarchy | 🏴🌹ⒶSep 24, 2020

@TonyStark @AgentCarter_SSR @artilectzed Ableist?

Now that's a stretch.

Show threadTony Stark Sep 24, 2020

@endarchy
Not fucking sure why it's my job to educate the internet today, but JFC, use a search engine of your choice.

https://wearyourvoicemag.com/5-phrases-actually-ableist-2/
@AgentCarter_SSR @artilectzed

5 More Phrases That are Actually Ableist

In March I wrote 5 Phrases That Are Actually Ableist. It received a lot of attention, and I realized there were more phrases I thought really needed some attention and deconstruction. Here are 5 more ableist phrases, along with some non-ableist alternatives. […]

Wear Your Voice
Show threadJenSep 24, 2020
@endarchy @TonyStark @AgentCarter_SSR When someone gives you information, it's polite to listen. It is ableist and disabled people have asked other people to substitute words. It's simply kindness to do so.
Show threadJoanna BeeSep 24, 2020
@TonyStark @AgentCarter_SSR @endarchy @artilectzed Gotta love the internet anarchists mowing over us living with disabilities. Nothing new.
Show threadEndarchy | 🏴🌹ⒶSep 24, 2020

@JoannaBee @TonyStark @AgentCarter_SSR @artilectzed I'm have disabilities myself and so does my SO.

Thanks for making an assumption. 👍

Show threadJoanna BeeSep 24, 2020
@endarchy @TonyStark @AgentCarter_SSR @artilectzed Then take an attempt at updating your terminalogy. Living with a disability doesn't excuse your asshole behavior on the internet.
Show threadEndarchy | 🏴🌹ⒶSep 25, 2020

@JoannaBee @TonyStark @AgentCarter_SSR @artilectzed My "asshole" behavior?

Because I don't find the term "lazy" even the slightest ableist?

Go find a new hobby, pal. Language policing isn't a good one.

Show thread𝗔rtilect𝗭edSep 24, 2020
@endarchy I have it on telegram, but it hasn't said anything to me in a while, I actually forgot about it for a bit.