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Alene N.'s avatar

Yes, WTFU people! Democracy and justice are not spectator sports!

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Steve Duck's avatar

Thank you. Like the light shining on the coroner’s table, you are spot on. Like lung cancer from smoking: was totally preventable . But too few cared to be other than imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. We told ourselves that “we did not rob the bank” but we loved spending the money.

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Audrey Peterman's avatar

I share your revulsion, perplexion and dismay. I see glimmers of hope in the neighborhoods that stand up for immigrants; in the companies that resist ICE, and the church leaders who accompany the vulnerable to court hearings, and the multi-millions that turn out in protest. If we can build on that - FAST! And meanwhile, WAR?!

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Amy Redman's avatar

I am disgusted too. Why are the monsters so ready to take over and the kind and loving such chickens! I protest, I write to my reps, I act with kindness and respect...MLK understood the power of nonviolence and the killed him. I think the aggression of the monsters is the only reason they succeed...and those that come from kindness responding passively is our downfall! AI is also frightening in the hands of the haters...only action can answer their aggression...so passivity is actally approval. Thanks for your words.

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SLMontgo's avatar

I divorced my family, every single one of them, in 1997. I did, as you describe, realize it was them, not me. Smartest mental health adjustment I ever made. ...That and reading a book that teaches you how to spot a sociopath. That's also been immensely helpful.

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Mark H's avatar

SCROTUS has done A LOT of enabling too.

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Teri Gelini's avatar

Love the way you did that! 6 of them need to be replaced!

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Fred Johnson's avatar

Good one Walter, but you let that "righteous" slip in.

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Walter Rhein's avatar

Ah, did I? You must have been the one who warned me about that before :) This was one I prescheduled, but honestly I can't keep track of everything I write!

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Jo Burns's avatar

There is no bottom to an evil maniacal narcissist.

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Jed's avatar
Jun 22Edited

"You've got people out there who won't denounce the evil that has been fused with our very cultural ideology."

Even when the leaders of that culture have declared open "Culture War" against every other culture that dares to be even slightly different or accepting of cultures that are. They just watch them wade through urban communities using military might and brute force. Then, when the the schools are falling apart and the tax base has fled, and prices are cheap enough, comes the financial power to "renew" our neighborhoods right out of existence "for our own good."

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