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Romulus Quirinus

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39. This I understand.

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 12:09 PM

Jun 2013

Things look dark, and trying to paint our situation in a better light serves no one's best interests. We must acknowledge our chances of victory are small, while holding that surrender is completely unacceptable. After all, no one ever made a profit by betting on their own destruction.

I feel like we could take a lesson or two from bushido; we have to live as if we are already dead. Accepting reality, viewing it and ourselves with total honesty, we avoid the disappointment and dissatisfaction that results from unreasonable expectations. Maybe, just maybe, if we all hang together and push hard enough, we'll be happily surprised!

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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