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barbtries

(31,350 posts) Fri Aug 1, 2025, 09:38 AM Aug 2025

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 2025 OP

We got to keep trying. TACO knows time works for him and we need to disabuse him of his conceit. marble falls Aug 2025 #1

I'm not stopping. barbtries Aug 2025 #4

I feel that the constant, deliberate creation of chaos demands a big act. usonian Aug 2025 #2

I agree. barbtries Aug 2025 #3

K&R usonian Aug 2025 #5

I wasn't able to protest today due to circumstances beyond my control. ShazzieB Aug 2025 #6

me too! barbtries Aug 2025 #7

marble falls

(72,531 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 2025

barbtries

(31,350 posts)

4. I'm not stopping.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 01:43 PM

Aug 2025

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

(26,588 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 2025

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

barbtries

(31,350 posts)

3. I agree.

Reply to usonian (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 01:39 PM

Aug 2025

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

usonian

(26,588 posts)

5. K&R

Reply to barbtries (Original post)

Sat Aug 2, 2025, 10:51 AM

Aug 2025

ShazzieB

(22,874 posts)

6. I wasn't able to protest today due to circumstances beyond my control.

Reply to barbtries (Original post)

Sat Aug 2, 2025, 12:24 PM

Aug 2025

But I have absolutely no intention of stopping!

barbtries

(31,350 posts)

7. me too!

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #6)

Sat Aug 2, 2025, 07:50 PM

Aug 2025

my son and DIL bailed at the last minute and I didn't have the energy or the heart to go alone.

i feel guilty about it though.

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