Yesterday, Gary Farber, Matt Yglesias, and I all wrote about the Congo and the wholesale slaughter that is taking place, and Gary today re-states the challenge Nick Kristoff issued yesterday:
Have you blogged on the issue today? Written a politician to ask that the US (or your government) get the UN to act, and contribute troops and logistics? Called a talk radio show? Done anything at all?
Have you? I see that Jonah Goldberg has mentioned the issue his piece for Townhall. As bloggers and average citizens, we won’t decide the actual policy. But by writing about it, talking to our friends, and doing the simple things Gary has suggested, we can keep the issue alive, and slowly but surely it will bubble to the top of the public conscience. And then, maybe, hopefully, our government will do something about it. Members of the mainstream media may not read me, but they are reading someone I am linked to- I can guarantee that. They are reading someone you are linked to. Keep the issue alive. Write about it. It really is that simple.