The problem with a Mad Libs approach to advocacy

 People commonly receive notifications from membership associations or advocacy groups asking for support of a cause. Typically, all that the recipient of such a request needs to do is fill in their name and address. A letter will be auto-generated to some political representative and it is generally the hope of the advocacy group that enough people will behave like lemmings and will answer the call to send in the letters.I call this ‘Mad Libs’ advocacy because people are expected to look at the blank line in the ‘From:’ category and willingly offer their name and information, much like you had to provide nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs for the popular template-based word game.Just like Mad Libs, people often don ’t deeply study the content that they are signing their names to, or they simply trust the advocacy group to be asking for something that they supposedly would support. Unfortunately, people might often be surprised at what they are signing their names to when they fill in the Mad Libs advocacy f orms.  Technically the forms are editable, but how many people really edit these forms?  Most just type in their names and click ' SEND. 'When they do so, the results might not be so humorous.One example for occupational therapists to be concerned with is the current American Occupational Therapy Association call for advocacy about the Affordable Care Act repeal. Here are some basic concerns with the phrasing of their Mad Libs Advocacy Action:1...
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