#speech script

[writing-with-olive]

How to make a call script to talk about a bill

Alright, so if you're here you've probably seen those posts about "call your senator/rep/whomever about xyz" but then don't include a script. Here's a formula to making your own. Remember that you will likely to be talking to an aide, not the person themself, so you'll be using third person (he/she) rather than second person (you/your). Once you fill in the script for yourself on whatever your issue is, pass that new script around. Calling your representatives is a numbers game, not a uniqueness game, and a completed script helps with accessibility.

If you want to do this but need help, especially if you're trying to call a politician who usually doesn't align with you, feel free to send me (op) an ask and I'll lend a hand. It's a good skill to have, but it's not always intuitive if you've never done it before!

Option 1: The Basic I've never had this version take more than a minute, and since the bulk of calls are boiled down to a yea/nay without much regard for content outside of that, it does it's job.

Hi. I'm calling today from [place your person represents] as a constituent of [name of your person]. I heard about [bill number], or the [name of bill], and was calling to express my [support/concern] for it, as it would seriously [benefit/harm][name of your person]'s constituents in my community. Because of this, I'm calling on [him/her] to vote [yes/no] when the bill comes to a floor vote. (They'll say that they'll pass it along) Thank you, I appreciate that. Have a good day. *hang up*

Option 2: The Deluxe This one takes a little more effort, but can help your call stand out a bit, which helps indicate that you actually do care. Before you call, look on their website to see if they've supported any initiatives similar to the one you're calling about (even if it's kinda tangential). This works because most people call to complain, so saying "you're doing a good job" is a nice change of pace. They're people too, even if they're detached.

Hi. I'm calling today from [place your person represents] as a constituent of [name of your person]. I heard about [bill number], or the [name of bill], and was calling to express my [support/concern] for it, as it would seriously [benefit/harm][name of your person]'s constituents in my community by [main selling point of your bill/reason to vote it down]. As someone who expects my [office of person]s to look out for the people of [place your person represents], I was pleased to see [name of person] vote [for/against] the [name of bill] bill, showing their commitment to [main selling point of example bill/reason to vote it down]. To continue this trend, I'm calling on [him/her] to vote [yes/no] when the [name of bill] comes to a floor vote. (They'll say that they'll pass it along) Thank you, I appreciate that. Have a good day. *hang up*

[lucabyte]

A belief in Nominative Determinsim

[pluralthey]

idletry has over 100 pages sketched now, so i wanted to post a little morsel of each scene :) i don't work as fast as i used to, but i'm glad to feel like i've made a significant amount of pages so far.

[lilacpaperbird]

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU !!! IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU.

[v88sy]

I still can't get over how Tim thought he absolutely cooked with that Abby/Buck/Tommy storyline and that PreGlee/PostGlee speech when in reality both things just needed to go back in the oven.

And then the garbage disposal.

[weirdghostcat]

(Text: Your existence was a mistake, glitch. Allow me to correct that.)

Did I just let my favorite abomination be an endboss? Yes, I did.

Will I make two endbosses have an epic fight in the endgame? Fuck yes, of course!

Error has nothing to do with the state of Pit's soul (ᵕ • ᴗ •) I forgot to mention Pit's soul in his character-card, didn't I? (ᵕ—ᴗ—)

More lore/AU spoilers below:

────────────⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ Early concept ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆────────────

Putting Error into this AU was already a part of the early concept of Timeline-Tale. But instead of being a threat, he tried to convince Pit to let him destroy the other timelines for him since Pit wanted them gone. Error couldn't just destroy everything because Chara and Pit together overwrote their code inside their AU to not only hide their AU's existence from others but to also weaken any outsiders that enter their AU. Since Error's body is full of corrupted code from the AntiVoid, it does not accept the strange code and glitched out, which temporarily removed his ability to delete/harm, and change code. Pit and Chara could correct that and give him his abilities back.

If Pit had accepted this offer, Error would destroy the other timelines, but also everything else that belongs to Timeline-Tale.

────────────⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ Current concept ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆────────────

In today's version, Error still wants this AU to be gone. He became aware of its existence after Pit and Chara created the fake-timeline, which also created a bunch of other timelines. This massive change caused the Multiverse to glitch out for a second, which attracted the attention of certain people, including Error.

Timeline-Tale is still hidden from the rest of the multiverse, so Error will take some time till he finds the culprit that made his glitchy-senses tingle. But when he finds them, well, let's just hope that Pit and the rest got their shits together by then, because Error will not like this AU when he finds it.

Credits: Error belongs to LoverOfPiggies Pit belongs to me/WeirdGhostCat

[r3medialch8os]

i love these notes and unused dialogue bits so much (from the original pilot script)

[awkwardpossum0]

Guys I'm cooking

[towersofviolet]

i think sam's intro/outro speeches could cure me of any ailment

[shehzadi]

[befuddled-calico-whump]

Riot Kings, page 179

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[thievesandtraitors]

There are few things I think about all the time, and one of them is the cold open rant Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) went on about America not being the greatest country in the world in The Newsroom; particularly his hilarious point of “if liberals are so fucking smart how come they lose so goddamn always?” Aaron Sorkin really did something with that statement because yeah, we’ve got a history of fucking losing

[firstworldbank]

"destroying cameras reduces police intel" okay cool but what does it really do..................

[catamaris]

for april fools i turned into cabanela on twitter. i couldn’t have it in me to do it on here too

[professorjirt]

I’m going to be honest I didn’t initially think of Thorin as autistic and that was 100% entirely bc everything he did I just went ‘mhm makes sense anyone could do that’ bc I’m also autistic. in hindsight. yeah he’s really autistic why was he just standing there like this 🧍‍♂️in most neutral social settings

[rollaut]

thinkin about optimus being an ass public speaker,,,,,,,, he should've been at the library,,,,