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RetiredParatrooper

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58. Fascists do not give up so easily, as we leaned in 2021
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:57 PM
Apr 12

Frederick Douglass:

"Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reforms. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. . .

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its mighty waters.

The struggle may be a moral one or it may be a physical one, or it may both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it never will. Find out just what a people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.

In the light of these ideas, Negroes will be hunted in the North, and held and flogged at in the South so long as they submit to those devilish outrages, and make no resistance, either moral or physical.

Men may not get all they pay for in this world, but they must certainly pay for all they get. If we ever get free from the oppression and wrongs heaped upon us, we must pay for their removal. We must do this by labor, by suffering, by sacrifice, and, if needs be, by our lives and the lives of others."

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Down goes Orban - breaking [View all] malaise Apr 12 OP
👏 demmiblue Apr 12 #1
Cautiously optimistic.... Jilly_in_VA Apr 12 #2
Look at people in the streets malaise Apr 12 #5
Orban concession speech on BBC now malaise Apr 12 #3
Yay! I did not see this before I posted Easterncedar Apr 12 #7
Trump's buddy..... SergeStorms Apr 12 #75
This gives me hope for our elections Easterncedar Apr 12 #4
80% voter turn is farewell Effer malaise Apr 12 #6
I think I will do a little dancing and gloating right now!!! Easterncedar Apr 12 #9
Yeah, I see this as making moonscape Apr 12 #56
Sure NJCher Apr 13 #106
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Apr 12 #8
What a failed trip malaise Apr 12 #14
On the contrary. They B.See Apr 12 #35
Which one? COL Mustard Apr 12 #51
Supermajority was a dream! I can't believe it! AloeVera Apr 12 #38
Do you have relatives still there..have you heard anything from them? Deuxcents Apr 12 #61
... Solly Mack Apr 12 #10
Orban is reported to have conceded LetMyPeopleVote Apr 12 #11
Utter humiliation for Slobby, Shady and malaise Apr 12 #20
Yes, it's especially sweet! liberalla Apr 12 #34
ETTD Danascot Apr 12 #48
Lost Syria, lost Hungary, losing the war in Ukraine True Dough Apr 12 #60
F**k the fascists! Doodley Apr 12 #12
He's done dweller Apr 12 #13
I guess sending jaydee to rally for Orban senseandsensibility Apr 12 #15
this is great news......... Takket Apr 12 #16
He promised them economic support malaise Apr 12 #18
And his "promises" mean NOTHING. calimary Apr 12 #78
The lesson here for all young people malaise Apr 12 #19
He can take his EU veto abuse with him. moondust Apr 12 #17
It must have been JD's magic touch. Vinca Apr 12 #21
or the economic promises from Slobby malaise Apr 12 #23
This! Blue_Roses Apr 12 #96
He had no reason to say a word malaise Apr 12 #98
Trump didn't seeit coming Blue_Roses Apr 12 #99
That is some bubble malaise Apr 12 #100
Yes it is Blue_Roses Apr 13 #104
He batted those eyelined lashes and the people said spooky3 Apr 12 #43
LOL malaise Apr 12 #70
Great news! I was worried GoCubsGo Apr 12 #22
WATCH: Here's Viktor Orbn conceding defeat! LetMyPeopleVote Apr 12 #24
Thanks malaise Apr 12 #27
Hats off to Orban Charmin One Apr 12 #25
Probably due in part to being in the EU? thought crime Apr 12 #92
Thank fuck. róisín_dubh Apr 12 #26
Now you CAN? Or "can't"? ColoringFool Apr 12 #42
My god I need my eyes checked róisín_dubh Apr 13 #102
Finally. dalton99a Apr 12 #28
Pity Team Donald when indictments start flying! Vogon_Glory Apr 12 #29
Time to celebrate! callous taoboy Apr 12 #30
Hungary chooses Europe (over Russia) LSparkle Apr 12 #31
Would LOVE to see the Turks get rid of Erdogan DinahMoeHum Apr 12 #57
Another good country that needs new management! LSparkle Apr 12 #62
My wife has been to Turkey. She wants to show me around DFW Apr 13 #105
!!!!!!!! Starbeach Apr 12 #32
Vance goes home with 2 losses tonight! mikewv Apr 12 #33
He's the gift that keeps on B.See Apr 12 #37
Go home to Russia DoBW Apr 12 #36
Looks like Cpl. Vance also turns things to shit! Crowman2009 Apr 12 #39
👍! VP💩 ! ColoringFool Apr 12 #41
Goodbye Piggy orangecrush Apr 12 #40
First post I read this morning canetoad Apr 12 #44
The landslide speaks volumes malaise Apr 12 #47
Somewhere a fat miserable fuck is sucking it Blue Owl Apr 12 #45
Woo Hoo! BeneteauBum Apr 12 #46
The ketchup's gonna hit the fan. Good job, James Donald. BHDem53 Apr 12 #49
Maygar speaking now malaise Apr 12 #50
How much did it cost the US to send JD to Hungary to Sneederbunk Apr 12 #52
So the Putin/Trump ticket is a LOSER again! nt Callie1979 Apr 12 #53
This needs to be played up as death to fascism oldmanlynn Apr 12 #54
We don't yhet know if Mfgyar is going to reverse Warpy Apr 12 #55
Fascists do not give up so easily, as we leaned in 2021 RetiredParatrooper Apr 12 #58
Fingers crossed. Martin68 Apr 12 #59
When the reins are formally and completely transferred lonely bird Apr 12 #63
Are you watching the 10s of thousands in the streets malaise Apr 12 #64
Watching? lonely bird Apr 13 #107
Awesome - I don't allow myself to hope very much any more . . . . hatrack Apr 12 #65
Woohoo!!! iluvtennis Apr 12 #66
Trump must be tired of winning!!!! Swede Apr 12 #67
Congrats to Hungarian citizens peggysue2 Apr 12 #68
I am rolling over here! OldBaldy1701E Apr 12 #69
I ĺove this post! Thank you! liberalla Apr 13 #108
yes! samsingh Apr 12 #71
A ray of hope. yellow dahlia Apr 12 #72
And voter turnout was huge! malaise Apr 12 #73
Yes! yellow dahlia Apr 12 #74
Next!!!!!!????!!!! NNadir Apr 12 #76
With over 95% of the votes in Magyar projected to win a supermajority of 137 seats. Ellipsis Apr 12 #77
Not Orban - Magyar malaise Apr 12 #80
Oops. fixed. Ellipsis Apr 12 #95
Zelenskyy won this one. That's who Orban was running against. His face was literally plastered over the whole country. Crunchy Frog Apr 12 #79
A concession? No claims of voting fraud? No insurrection mob? TomSlick Apr 12 #81
We need to win a super majority, too. thought crime Apr 12 #91
The republic surviving to 2028 will be no mean feat. TomSlick Apr 12 #93
Great news! Passages Apr 12 #82
Yay! Way to go Hungary! SheltieLover Apr 12 #83
Nice report malaise Apr 12 #85
Ty! SheltieLover Apr 12 #86
I love that he quoted JFK! 💖 No doubt a dig at pootin & tsf SheltieLover Apr 12 #87
Another one bites the dust! GreenWave Apr 12 #84
Not a peep from Slobby, Shady or malaise Apr 12 #88
It's encouraging news, but I won't rejoice just yet. Morbius Apr 12 #89
Wonderful news! mvd Apr 12 #90
Played Bowie's "Heroes ", as soon as I read this! MerryBlooms Apr 12 #94
Excited for Hungary! SamuelAdams Apr 12 #97
Good damn riddance! 😀 Dave Bowman Apr 12 #101
Wow, this is actually significant. malthaussen Apr 13 #103
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