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In reply to the discussion: Cops arrest 80 year old veteran protestor. Handcuffed, his walker taken away. How low can they go? [View all]MadameButterfly
(3,502 posts)i admire your persistence and passion, Irish Dem, and yes it looks dire but we have not yet lost.
We still have courts (most judgements going against Trump), demonstrations, Rachel Maddow, Democratic Underground, Social Security, Medicare, Unions, Jamie Raskin, 12 million legal immigrants hanging in there, states that guarantee abortion, elections (as far as we know), Blue states (who feed our economy), the best universities in the world who have the intelligence and resources to out-litigate Trump, children getting educations not mostly run by Fascists or Communists, an American pope who cannot be silenced, Rock'n'Roll (yes, the Beatles helped liberate the Soviet Union), artists (even if the NEA isn't funded).
i understand that all of these are at risk.
But they are not gone. Yet. If we don't recognize what we have, we have given up.
This is not the time to send out the energy of defeat. While we still have a chance to win.
You don't seem like a give up kind of guy. From our past conversations.
i understand the reasons for your pessimism. But we need you. Guys like you.
Hang in there while the fight is still on.
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