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Irish_Dem

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14. You cannot fight back if you do not face reality first.

Wed Jan 1, 2025, 04:46 PM

Jan 2025

Facing reality and telling yourself the truth are basic requirements in winning any fight.
If you do not size up the enemy and environment accurately, you will most like lose.

We do not know if there will be free and fair elections in the US.

It is quite probable that Trump and other GOP so called winners did not win fair and square.

Trump himself has told us we will not need to vote again.

OP never said to give up.
OP never said we should not fight.

I love hope and optimism.
But I also admire and respect people who can face hard realities and tell the truth.
Facing reality is a requirement in any fight. You cannot fight if you are not facing reality.

And we should always fight evil when and where we can.
That is the iconic human condition.
Even if evil wins, we know we fought the good fight.

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Only 19 days of democracy left [View all] Cyrano Jan 2025 OP

Totally agree EarthAbides Jan 2025 #1

Indeed - your imagery is an apt analogy. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #19

I'm in Virginia and plan on voting this coming November to elect a Democratic Governor onenote Jan 2025 #2

Recognizing reality isn't admitting defeat Cyrano Jan 2025 #4

So what is the "reality"? That because, according to you, democracy will be dead 1/20/25. onenote Jan 2025 #9

You cannot fight back if you do not face reality first. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #14

But democracy being dead isn't reality unless we allow it to be. onenote Jan 2025 #15

Well stated! Wuddles440 Jan 2025 #16

Agreed. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #20

You talk about accepting reality and about the election being probably stolen EdmondDantes_ Jan 2025 #23

Optimism/Hope are good. But facing reality is a necessity too. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #12

Is the reality that I won' t be able to elect a Democratic governor? onenote Jan 2025 #13

Don't surrender in advance. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jan 2025 #3

So much woe. BannonsLiver Jan 2025 #5

I choose bdamomma Jan 2025 #6

Maybe, maybe not. Elessar Zappa Jan 2025 #7

I think bdamomma Jan 2025 #8

I get the feeling... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #10

I Almost Agree! BBbats Jan 2025 #11

According to Jimmy Carter we've been an oligarchy for awhile. Trump Inc. is just making it official. jalan48 Jan 2025 #17

I have been singing the same tune. yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #18

The Heritage Foundation is pure fucking evil. Initech Jan 2025 #21

Turning it over to the Confederacy. Kid Berwyn Jan 2025 #22

Very true, sadly Blue_Tires Jan 2025 #24

I wrote on my calendar Democracy Died Today for Nov 5th 2024 Meowmee Jan 2025 #25

America is more resilient than that. Groundhawg Jan 2025 #26

I used to believe that Blue_Tires Jan 2025 #27

Fight. Unladen Swallow Jan 2025 #28

"Mother Nature may just destroy us", nature has its own rules that humankind stomps on Beringia Jan 2025 #29