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Romulus Quirinus

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4. Not everything has to do with politics. Also, politics is assuredly not a cure for depression.

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Tue Jun 25, 2013, 09:42 PM

Jun 2013

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"I'm too discouraged to do anything," she says. "Too much is wrong." [View all] struggle4progress Jun 2013 OP

Amazing. All those apethetic women. Consider the odds! Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #1

I was calling only women tonight. I did not say all were apathetic. struggle4progress Jun 2013 #5

That kind of attitude is the reason I say LittleBlue Jun 2013 #2

Perhaps you should reread what I wrote: I did not write what you seem to think I wrote struggle4progress Jun 2013 #6

I didn't misread what you wrote LittleBlue Jun 2013 #10

I didn't chastise anyone struggle4progress Jun 2013 #13

I meant the attitude LittleBlue Jun 2013 #17

Of course. But it's actually impossible to make hundreds or thousands of phone calls struggle4progress Jun 2013 #18

Thank you. elleng Jun 2013 #3

Not everything has to do with politics. Also, politics is assuredly not a cure for depression. Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #4

I consider political activism to be the only appropriate antidote to political depression struggle4progress Jun 2013 #7

Did you stop to consider that you maybe encountered someone with regular depression? nt Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #8

That could be. Are you upset that I thanked her for her time and wished her a pleasant evening? struggle4progress Jun 2013 #9

No...it was what you were thinking. Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #15

-- NJCher Jun 2013 #14

I know, I know NJCher Jun 2013 #11

It actually went pretty well tonight: I had about a 50% success rate struggle4progress Jun 2013 #16

Depression is rampant in American society. southerncrone Jun 2013 #12

This post easily deserves to be its own OP. I hope you HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #19

the rep in my district is an absolute moran, who won't listen to anything I have to say. but, it niyad Jun 2013 #20

One of the worst ones I ever had was treated to myself and half dozen people, among the hundreds at freshwest Jun 2013 #21

Decades ago, during the Reagan years, I lived in a small city with a population struggle4progress Jun 2013 #22

at least you were able to get through to yours. mine is hopeless, and a national embarassment. niyad Jun 2013 #38

Well, I would have immediately hung up on you quinnox Jun 2013 #23

It's your phone: you can use it however you want IMO. struggle4progress Jun 2013 #24

Thanks, struggle. Whisp Jun 2013 #25

I'd rather be a sensitive soul -- but a thick skin and a short memory may help us win some fights struggle4progress Jun 2013 #26

Why does this thread seem familiar? Brigid Jun 2013 #27

Maybe it's all the kittens people have posted in it struggle4progress Jun 2013 #29

Eight years ago, heck, five years ago, truedelphi Jun 2013 #28

Well, I have considered the situation hopeless for over forty years now. About thirty years ago, struggle4progress Jun 2013 #31

This I understand. Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #39

Thank you so much. It wears on you more some days than others, doesn't it? DevonRex Jun 2013 #30

It's surprisingly easy to do, with a bit of practice. As some folk have pointed out upthread, struggle4progress Jun 2013 #32

I like phone work as long as I can do it from home or just DevonRex Jun 2013 #33

I'm really really bad at persuasion calls struggle4progress Jun 2013 #35

You know, you recognized that it was because of the area you were calling siligut Jun 2013 #40

Been there, done that. avaistheone1 Jun 2013 #34

Maybe it would help if politicians ever actually responded to their constituents. All I ever get liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #36

At the very least, we need organized action struggle4progress Jun 2013 #37