Passive-aggressive postcards to mail your Congressperson
Real activism requires sacrifice. And the greatest sacrifice of all is being forced to talk to a random stranger on the phone.
Calls to Congress increased 164 percent in Trump's first month in office, according to the a report by calling profile company Hiya. But not everyone who's anxious about the fate of the world has the strength to talk to their representatives directly. Some of us would prefer to resort to traditional passive-aggressive methods that involve no speaking whatsoever.
That's why we've designed these silently angry postcards people can print out and can send to their non-responsive representative.
Don't like confrontation? Don't worry. Just list your concern, sign your name, and pop the postcard in the mail -- without ever having to encounter an actual human being capable of responding.
Ah, the written word.
1. If your representative won't show up to their own Town Hall
2. If they're thinking of voting for some the President's cruelest budget cuts
3. If they're willing to spend $21.6 billion to build Trump's border wall
4. If they're thinking of voting for the new Trumpcare bill currently being circulated
5. If they refuse to stand up to President Trump when he makes offensive comments about race
6. If they voted "yes" to all of Trump's cabinet
7. If they can't see the connection between Trump and Russia, so you have to connect the dots for them
8. And if you're just so tired of having to call them day in, day out to tell them to do the obvious right thing:
Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.
