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Politicub

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14. Really puts things in perspective

Reply to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 01:02 PM

Jun 2018

The nature of progress is struggle.

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An encouraging tweet from Rep. John Lewis [View all] NY_20th Jun 2018 OP

and John Lewis knows what a struggle is. Thank-you for the perspective Representative Lewis still_one Jun 2018 #1

Thank you John Lewis sheshe2 Jun 2018 #2

A true Democrat. In every perfect sense of the word. Wwcd Jun 2018 #3

Idiots! czarjak Jun 2018 #43

Make some noise?!? Oh no that will never do. Where is the fainting couch.... vi5 Jun 2018 #4

I must have missed when he encouraged violence mythology Jun 2018 #7

Sorry, I forgot the sarcasm tag..... vi5 Jun 2018 #12

You didn't need the sarcasm tag JustAnotherGen Jun 2018 #19

I'm confused.... vi5 Jun 2018 #37

No - you did not JustAnotherGen Jun 2018 #38

My father-in-law and great gradma's generation Iliyah Jun 2018 #5

I love and respect that man to the nth degree ailsagirl Jun 2018 #6

I needed this message today. DesertRat Jun 2018 #8

Wise words (again). A true man of character & resolve. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2018 #9

YES! "necessary trouble" JoeOtterbein Jun 2018 #10

Congressman John Lewis is a national treasure Gothmog Jun 2018 #11

It's hard to keep the faith n/t hibbing Jun 2018 #13

Man, no shit. calimary Jun 2018 #23

But we MUST ailsagirl Jun 2018 #32

Really puts things in perspective Politicub Jun 2018 #14

Congressman John Lewis is a civil rights icon. gademocrat7 Jun 2018 #15

Thank you, Representative Lewis. Nitram Jun 2018 #16

When I think of who Lewis is today, and what he endured and survived, mountain grammy Jun 2018 #17

I love this man. spicysista Jun 2018 #18

Truly. And I needed his words today. Squinch Jun 2018 #25

Beautiful moment ailsagirl Jun 2018 #33

Fuck that. Sometimes despair is warranted. Encouraging tweets are nice Still In Wisconsin Jun 2018 #20

Yeah the United States I was born in no longer exists. 47of74 Jun 2018 #21

Exactly. Everything that happened since then was and will be the inevitable result Still In Wisconsin Jun 2018 #22

Honestly, it may have died when the idiot was made POTUS Cosmocat Jun 2018 #26

So we should all give up? lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #24

People can do whatever they want. These are different times. Still In Wisconsin Jun 2018 #27

I have. 47of74 Jun 2018 #30

I think giving up is the only logical response to this situation Still In Wisconsin Jun 2018 #42

Despair and determination are not necessarily exclusive ailsagirl Jun 2018 #34

Good on you, then. Still In Wisconsin Jun 2018 #35

??? padah513 Jun 2018 #36

Yes, you're right ailsagirl Jun 2018 #40

look at the life that John Lewis has lived and where he is coming from. you will see it's not JI7 Jun 2018 #46

Needed this. ChiTownDenny Jun 2018 #28

Of course, that tweet was sent out before Kennedy's retirement. fsl3 Jun 2018 #29

Wow. One can appreciate these words far more than ever before. VOX Jun 2018 #31

True, but we're going backwards ecstatic Jun 2018 #39

That means a lot coming from him, with all he's seen in his lifetime. Amaryllis Jun 2018 #41

Make some Noise like Stephanie Wilkinson is! Cha Jun 2018 #44

John Lewis.. well Established Hero-National Cha Jun 2018 #45

minngal marieo1 Jun 2018 #47