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kentuck

(115,615 posts)
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 07:07 AM Aug 2023

Those that stand with democracy and the law will be rewarded.

I do not doubt that.

Although we may be apprehensive or fearful about the future, I do believe that justice will triumph.

The lies and conspiracies will eventually dissipate into the nothingness from which they came.

Believing this, it keeps me going.

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Those that stand with democracy and the law will be rewarded. (Original Post) kentuck Aug 2023 OP
I'm not in it for the rewards EYESORE 9001 Aug 2023 #1
Maybe that is the reward? kentuck Aug 2023 #2
Indeed EYESORE 9001 Aug 2023 #3
Well said. kentuck Aug 2023 #4
We're about to find out if republicans have turned the USA into a banana republic Mysterian Aug 2023 #5

EYESORE 9001

(29,882 posts)
1. I'm not in it for the rewards
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 07:10 AM
Aug 2023

but avoiding the punishment that would come to pass when enduring the alternative is worthwhile too.

EYESORE 9001

(29,882 posts)
3. Indeed
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 07:33 AM
Aug 2023

To be taken with a grain of salt or treated as holy writ:


Proverbs 11:17-19

17 Kindness is its own reward,
but cruelty is a self-inflicted wound.

18 The wicked earn a living by deception,
but the one who plants righteousness gathers a true harvest.

19 Indeed, those who do what is right will live a good life,
but those who pursue evil will die.


Whether one believes in life after death or not, I strive to live my life as a kind person - and any alternative to democracy doesn’t afford that opportunity. Besides, if there is an afterlife where actions while alive determine your fate, then I’m golden. If there isn’t any sort of afterlife, then I still choose kindness because it makes me happy.

Mysterian

(6,623 posts)
5. We're about to find out if republicans have turned the USA into a banana republic
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 07:48 AM
Aug 2023

or if the rule of law can survive. Will the Georgia governor remove Fani Willis for doing her job?

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