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Why I’m a Reagan and You Should Be Too…
Approximately two months ago I sent a personal message to our beleaguered administrator @max that was short and to the point: “How do I cancel recurring payment for Ricochet?” The reply I received was equally short, and due to the internet’s inability to convey tone I read it as curt: “In your profile, click on Settings, then Billing.”
Fearing that Max had mistaken my PM as an indication that I wanted to quit Ricochet in a huff, I quickly assured him I simply wanted the chance to change my membership level if I so desired. I didn’t think much about that conversation until this morning when I received an email notifying me that my membership was set to expire in four days.
Perhaps it was the chance to actually meet the great @PeterRobinson on Thursday evening that got me all fired up to renew today, but when I really stop to think about it, the real reason is that Ricochet is something worth supporting.
Ricochet is the place where I can meet people like @jamesofengland — a man who frustrates me in these pages on an almost daily basis, but whose knowledge, intelligence, patience, and kindness have won me over on more arguments than I care to admit. I’m proud that I can call him a friend.
Ricochet is the place where I can start off in incredibly heated arguments with people such as @ryanm or @rachellu and yet, in the end, we are able to find common ground on more issues than on those we disagree.
Ricochet is the place where I can learn new things every day on a wide variety of subjects from very knowledgeable members like @brentb67, @katebraestrup, @docjay, and anonymous.
Ricochet is the place where I can disagree sharply with members like @tkc1101, @bryangstephens, or @rico on an ongoing basis, always coming away enriched by the experience with sharper arguments and a better understanding of the breadth of our coalition. In the end, I know that we are all traveling in the same direction.
Above all, Ricochet is a community. It is the Member Feed. Yes, the podcasts are great. Yes, we have some first class contributors. Yes, I love it when I get a like from @jameslileks, but what brings me back, again and again, is you, my fellow members, colleagues, and friends. We are one of those little platoons standing between the government and polite society. We stand athwart history, alongside other older and more august institutions, yelling stop! We are what is necessary for our shared ideals to thrive again.
I re-upped at the Reagan level this year because I love this community and because this community deserves all of our support. Old members, new members, long-time members that have never commented before, everyone: I implore you to join our little community, join the conversation, and support it as much as you are able.
I’m a Reagan, and you should be too!
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It’s highway robbery the way you charge me $30 for 10 seconds of advice!
Welcome to legal billing Max.
A great, great post. If I could do a Reagan level I would but Thatcher was a stretch but I second all your thoughts and sentiments about Ricochet, a great site worth every single penny!
OMG OMG I can’t believe I agree with @jamielockett. Where are my pills
OH. I thought you were revealing how/why 10 cents got his avatar.
I know, right?
Don’t worry. Just move on to another post and all will be right with the world.
um, I need help too. I think I accidentally signed up for two separate accounts, one a Coolidge and the other a Thatcher (I have two separate billings on my paypal account). How do I get rid of the Thatcher account and keep the Coolidge account? Or, if I somehow just changed membership classes, how do I change back to the Coolidge account? Its all on the same email address, if that will enable you to determine what happened. And how do I contact the Admins directly?
Heh. I guess I’m living down to the first half of my name…..
Send a PM to Max directly
Jerk.