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barbtries

(30,677 posts) Fri Aug 1, 2025, 09:38 AM Aug 1

Tomorrow 02Aug2025

https://www.mobilize.us/nccongressionaldistrict13democrats/event/819426/

I'll be in Raleigh NC.

I have this sense of dread that people won't keep turning out. That they're surrendering to the politics of inevitability and using their energy to get through an authoritarian autocracy rather than to save our democracy.

I'll be 70 this month, so it is easier for me to say I cannot and will not stop trying to save democracy. I will not stop until I either see it restored in my country, or die. Hope it's the former.

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Tomorrow 02Aug2025 (Original Post) barbtries Aug 1 OP

We got to keep trying. TACO knows time works for him and we need to disabuse him of his conceit. marble falls Aug 1 #1

I'm not stopping. barbtries Aug 1 #4

I feel that the constant, deliberate creation of chaos demands a big act. usonian Aug 1 #2

I agree. barbtries Aug 1 #3

K&R usonian Aug 2 #5

I wasn't able to protest today due to circumstances beyond my control. ShazzieB Aug 2 #6

me too! barbtries Aug 2 #7

marble falls

(67,620 posts)

1. We got to keep trying. TACO knows time works for him and we need to disabuse him of his conceit.

Reply to barbtries (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 09:47 AM

Aug 1

barbtries

(30,677 posts)

4. I'm not stopping.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 01:43 PM

Aug 1

whether or not i get discouraged, I must keep coming and keep coming and fighting for democracy and justice and freedom. at my age it's no longer about me, it's about the generations coming up.

usonian

(19,931 posts)

2. I feel that the constant, deliberate creation of chaos demands a big act.

Reply to barbtries (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 09:57 AM

Aug 1

i.e. a general strike. It’s the thing that’s easier for seniors to do than street protests and rallies.

barbtries

(30,677 posts)

3. I agree.

Reply to usonian (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 01:39 PM

Aug 1

I think many people do. a lot more than have signed up to this page because of the fear of being in a public database.
In my opinion, a general strike must be accompanied by bodies in the street. absolute must imo

generalstrikeus.com