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Novara

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5. Not having the power to stop them doesn't mean we are "letting them" destroy America

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #2)

Mon May 30, 2022, 06:22 AM

May 2022

I don't know about anyone else, but I do what I can - I have my senators' and my rep's phone numbers saved in my phone and I call them A LOT - but I can only do so much. I work to GOTV, I work to educate people on how their lives will be better with Democrats in control. But I can only do so much.

I have real issues with the "we are letting them..." narrative. Just because I don't have the power to stop them does not mean I am allowing this. "We are letting them..." implies tacit approval and I simply don't accept that.

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We can't be protected by the same masculinity that kills us [View all] Novara May 2022 OP

Agreed. We have tried patriarchy and toxic masculinity for millennia. It's the Gaugamela May 2022 #1

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Toxic masculinity, corruption and greed are destroying the world. Irish_Dem May 2022 #2

Not having the power to stop them doesn't mean we are "letting them" destroy America Novara May 2022 #5

You are the exception. I am referring to most Americans. Irish_Dem May 2022 #6

qualify the statement Novara May 2022 #7

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