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niyad

(129,016 posts) Fri Feb 21, 2025, 09:30 AM Feb 2025

"JOY IS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE!!!" [View all]

One of the members of our Drinking Liberally group shared this meme with us last night. It is a shorthand version of something friends and I discuss regularly. The need to find every single moment of joy, laughter, grins, giggles, smiles, anything that brings a moment of lightness or peace. Yes, the situation is beyond horrible, yes, we despair, are angry, afraid, worried. But we need these other moments to keep us going.

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"JOY IS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE!!!" [View all] niyad Feb 2025 OP

And resistence is an act of joy. marble falls Feb 2025 #1

YES!!! niyad Feb 2025 #11

As Mikail Bakunin once posited: The passion for distruction is also a creative passion. marble falls Feb 2025 #17

I'm drinking more for sure. harumph Feb 2025 #2

Me too, I find those British murder mysteries, very soothing. They're not yelling the whole time. Walleye Feb 2025 #4

Same here. niyad Feb 2025 #8

Weirdly, I think I am drinking less. I will pour a glass, get distracted, involved niyad Feb 2025 #10

I've been sober 3 years and I'm craving Pinot Grigio more and more ... LSparkle Feb 2025 #32

Bright moments! Walleye Feb 2025 #3

YES!!! niyad Feb 2025 #7

Remembering that joy was part of Kamala's campaign for good reason .... live love laugh Feb 2025 #5

Excellent point! niyad Feb 2025 #6

I keep on thinking bdamomma Feb 2025 #19

I look for joy throughout my ChazII Feb 2025 #9

Every act of defiance, large or small. I can see why you would have niyad Feb 2025 #12

Today my small act of defiance was to wish the Canada geese in our yard and flying overhead, LiberalLoner Feb 2025 #13

Beautiful!!! and so loving! niyad Feb 2025 #14

Thank you! 💙💙💙💙 LiberalLoner Feb 2025 #35

Love your post bdamomma Feb 2025 #20

Thanks! 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner Feb 2025 #36

Yes. I do my best to make my little corner of the world a happy place. Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #15

It is an act of self-preservation, not denial. And wisely done! niyad Feb 2025 #16

Every little crack that appears in the veneer of despotic gives me hope we can come out of this. allegorical oracle Feb 2025 #18

We cannot bdamomma Feb 2025 #21

I prefer red hot rage! niyad Feb 2025 #30

Yes bdamomma Feb 2025 #38

Exactly! niyad Feb 2025 #39

Yes!!! niyad Feb 2025 #29

It's also the title of a really excellent album by the band IDLES! Initech Feb 2025 #22

Thank you. Had never heard of that band. niyad Feb 2025 #26

We could have had joy with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Aristus Feb 2025 #23

Absolutely correct on all counts! niyad Feb 2025 #27

Love Drinking Liberally groups Jimbo S Feb 2025 #24

An old poster from the late 60's, early 70's: "SMILE. Make them wonder niyad Feb 2025 #25

Hear, HEAR! ZDU Feb 2025 #28

Thank you. niyad Feb 2025 #31

They want us to be as miserable as they are. I refuse. LoisB Feb 2025 #33

Paraphrasing Emma Goldman: "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of niyad Feb 2025 #34

As we used to say back in the day: "Right On"! LoisB Feb 2025 #37