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Evolve Dammit

(21,096 posts)
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 04:11 PM Jun 28

Went to a rally today. Couple incidents where a protestor attacked and another fight. Unsure about the second regarding

provocation and first guy just holding a sign . Lots of drugs and LOTS of anger going around in my community.
It's sad to watch but I have to do something by showing up. Today's theme for my sign was "fight fascism." Many fascist fighters in my family lineage going back to Civil War. Guess it's my turn. "Democracy is not a spectator sport" will always be true, and sometimes you need to fight hard, or to the best of our ability.
One last observation. The division we are experiencing is something unleashed by many dark "influencers" both domestically and internationally. I don't know how we get it back.
OK last observation from history After the civil war, the one thing that terrified the now former-slave-owners was the possibility that the freed slaves and the poor whites who had nothin' would join together. We need to come together this summer. Half of us have next to nothin'.

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