If everything dies with RBG

[malaise]

We have already failed.
Shed your tears and continue the struggle.

[GoCubsGo]

1. Thank you!

I will continue to trash every last "everything dies" thread that gets posted here, without even opening them. FFS.

[malaise]

3. Toots last recording is a message

[gademocrat7]

23. Inspiring message.

[2naSalit]

33. +1

[Tanuki]

36. And as Bob Marley told us so long ago...

[malaise]

37. That's a global anthem

[DownriverDem]

14. It didn't die with RGB but

in my heart I know it didn't have to be like this either. Since we can't fight the last election, I'll leave it there.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Yes, we need to keep our eyes on the big picture. We have lost a great advocate, but

we can't stop fighting. This just makes the outcome of this election even more important.

[malaise]

4. Got to be Tough when things get rough

[panader0]

5. I'll never give up or ever leave my country (Except on vacation).

I'm only 70 and have plenty of piss and vinegar left. We will overcome.
Losing Ruth was a bad blow, but not unexpected. We will overcome.

[malaise]

7. You got to be tough for your adorable granddaughter

[gab13by13]

6. RBG will inspire people to vote,

If Republicans rush through the nomination they will lose it all. No need to be doom and gloom. There is nothing set in stone that says the Supreme Court has to be comprised of 9 justices. Democrats would have a very good argument to increase the size of the court after Merrick Garland and if McConnell pulls this stunt. Maybe 11 justices isn't enough, maybe 13?

I can't wait to vote.

ps/ check your registration status, these bastards are dirty.

[llmart]

8. Said so beautifully.

As tremendous a personality as RBG was, she was still only one person. She was old and sick and it was her time. One person can have a huge impact but the world and our country always goes on. We've lost great leaders before (JFK, Martin Luther King, RFK) and we survive and continue their good fight.

I had to get off DU last night because I just couldn't understand all the "we are so f***ed" threads. If people give up that easily, yes, then we have no hope. But I've been around for seven plus decades and have seen so much change even after the great ones of my youth died.

We will always move forward. It's the way of the world.

[malaise]

12. You said it beautifully

I also got off DU, turned off the TV, listened to Toots and mourned for him and RGB.
I'm sick of the hopelessness - where are the brave?

[llmart]

16. I turned to music also.

It has always kept me sane and positive. Books and music have been my salvation during the tough times in my life.

What I said applies to the orange idiot as well. We will never mourn his passing, but if he did, the hateful followers would still be there as they always have been. The death of one person does not stop the world. We all need to remember how big our universe is and how, in the greater scheme of things, we're just a blip on the face of the earth.

There is so much beautiful music in this world and that tells me that there are more beautiful people too. An ugly, hate-filled person could never create beautiful music.

[malaise]

34. What I hate most about that monster

is his pretense - at everything - the only thing not fake about him is that he is genuinely evil/

[llmart]

43. There isn't a caring bone in his body.

He is a severely damaged individual.

[MFGsunny]

15. + 1000 n/t

[GoCubsGo]

21. Those sorts of threads are actually pretty normal here.

Whenever something big and unfortunate happens, there is inevitably a huge knee-jerk convulsion of hair-on-fire-gloom-and-doomery. It happens every time. Stepping away until people come to their senses is the best thing to do. Some people just need time to step back and gain some perspective about things.

[marble falls]

9. But especially, continue the struggle. We all should try to be as enduring and faithful as that ..

ill little old woman was. Those are shoes we should all try to fill. I'd be glad having half her grit.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. RBG's death is a sign

It is a sign to work harder. Something is in doubt, we are being told to think hard and play the game in each of our political realities, then push with all our might. We know we were cheated in 2016, and we must be vigilant in 2020. Hop to it!

[Illumination]

11. She would not want us being so negative. There is HOPE!...

[sarge43]

17. Exactly

Despair is the enemy of hope. She never gave up; neither should we.

[Illumination]

19. Right on! Just looked @ Beau of the Fifth Column's video. THIS will give everyone some HOPE!

It's here on DU entitled: "Let's Talk About Ruth Bader Ginsberg" It's an absolute MUST WATCH!...

[Thekaspervote]

29. Watched his comments last night..everyone still feeling uneasy should too!

[murielm99]

38. Your post reminded me of Kate McKinnon's tribute to

Leonard Cohen and Hillary Clinton. I went back and watched it, even though it tears me up.

None of us are giving up. Our troubles will take longer to resolve without her, but we will do it.

Get out the vote. Get to the streets. Get to the airwaves, the newspaper pages and social media. We will do this.

[PatrickforO]

13. Yep. Nothing has changed about the work before us these next weeks and years.

May Ruth Bader Ginsberg rest in peace and perpetual light.

[niyad]

18. "Mourn the dead, but fight like hell for the living."

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

20. When one soldier falls...

We carry on...next person up...mourn for sure...battle on.

[sarge43]

27. Yes

I am wounded, but not yet slain
I'll lay me down and bleed awhile
Then raise and fight again.

[chriscan64]

22. Right on.

"Calm down" and "relax" are not the same thing. It would behoove us to calm down, but not relax, continue the struggle as you say. The emotions we are feeling are proper, but should not be the only thing guiding our responses and actions while the election is at stake. At this juncture we do not even know exactly what we are responding to. Yes, we have been dealt a bad hand but let's see exactly what the cards are.

There is a range of possibilities, 1. the ram the new justice in before the election, 2. they wait until the lame duck session, 3. the most unlikely scenario, a handful of republicans hold it up until Biden is sworn in.

[deancr]

24. Yes

These are human systems, not divine. The struggle continues until we go the way of RBG.

[Cryptoad]

25. Well said,,,

Hoover thought he had stacked the court against FDR........

[study war no more]

26. we can 'fight' all we want....

But this in the hands one ONE vile person from KY.

[Generic Brad]

28. Not true. Take back the senate

Then we expand the courts. And no talk about that delegitimizing the court. The Republicans already did that with their Merrick Garland and Brent Kavenaugh stunts.

[Thekaspervote]

30. Not helpful...that just isn't so

[sarge43]

35. That's Nelson Mandela as your icon, right?

He never gave up; he kept on fighting against far worse odds.

[Cozmo]

31. My first thoughts as I awoke, the beauty of having a Supreme Court with 9 Women justices

To Ruth Bader Ginsberg: My heart goes out to your loving family. Thank you so much for your service. In your honor we will prevail.

[malaise]

39. Check this out

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214099426#post2

[The Blue Flower]

32. Fear is not an option

Her courage never faltered no matter what the challenge. We have to embrace her spirit.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

40. Exactly.

[MontanaMama]

41. RBG fought for us until she the day she died.

I so wanted her to make it until she could have her retirement. She didn’t get to do that. The very least we can do is keep fighting. That’s how we honor her. We wipe our tears and we forge ahead. There is no other choice.

[malaise]

42. But check out this 18 year old and his mother

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214099426#post2