solarbird | On “toolkit” articles and why I write them

I think I need to start labelling some of my articles/long posts more explicitly.

Today’s article on what to tell people who say they ‘stay out of politics’ is an example of what I think of as a toolkit post:

This post contains a tool, in the form of information and an argument.
Here’s how to use it.
Keep it in your toolbox, for when you need to talk to people who are like this. It is a good tool to use to solve them and/or their problem.
Now go use it on people for whom it might work.

Other political posts type include analysis, commentary, action items, news, informational (including historical), or even just venting. Often, they’re of more than one type at the same time; today’s post is also a bit of an action item, to be acted upon at times of opportunity. This is in contrast to true “action item” posts , which are generally one-time actions, to be done right away or on a specific date and/or time.

But today’s post, which has more general and repeated use, is part of the toolkit.

I write a lot of toolkit articles; today’s main post was just one example. But honestly, I’m not sure people realise what they are.

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