i always see this used dismissively for left-wing stuff. but how often do ppl really manage to get across their viewpoint to the other side?
― t_g, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 10:41 (seventeen years ago)
it's more 'they didn't sway the unconvinced/floating voters' who determine elections, rather than, 'they didn't win over people who dislike them'.
― banriquit, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 10:47 (seventeen years ago)
preaching to the converted is just sound business sense
― J0hn D., Tuesday, 29 April 2008 11:01 (seventeen years ago)
i guess i'm thinking abt this in the context of musicians or comedians who try + be political + some ppl admire it and others go 'oh they're just preaching to the converted'
― t_g, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 11:04 (seventeen years ago)
Like Dave Cameron when he used to pogo at Smiths gigs.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 11:05 (seventeen years ago)