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marybourg

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35. Don't feel defeated. We're just starting.

Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:10 PM

Jan 2017

Find an activity that excites you. There are plenty of links to follow here on DU to find something to do. I like this: https://swingleft.org/ and am going to get involved with it. I feel fired up!

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In all my 66 years, I have never seen the likes of the activism and energy that this man stirred up. [View all] CurtEastPoint Jan 2017 OP

THIS is our *SILVER LINING* Skittles Jan 2017 #1

I thought the silver lining was his hands were so small you didn't feel it. rzemanfl Jan 2017 #5

WHASSUP RZEMANFL Skittles Jan 2017 #7

Just trying to hang on to a shred of sanity. You? n/t rzemanfl Jan 2017 #11

OMG DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED Skittles Jan 2017 #13

It is strange and ugly. At the YMCA I go to people were quiet about their political views. rzemanfl Jan 2017 #14

I too am seeing them making excuses Skittles Jan 2017 #15

Yeah and I've heard 'Can we all quiet down and move on' or something like that. HELL, NO! CurtEastPoint Jan 2017 #17

hell no, FUCK NO Skittles Jan 2017 #42

Amen! CurtEastPoint Jan 2017 #43

I hate to butt in, BUT madokie Jan 2017 #45

You're more than welcome to join our little sidebar chat. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2017 #46

Thx madokie Jan 2017 #47

In my 69 years I have never seen the likes either. rzemanfl Jan 2017 #2

Yup,do remember Madtown and there are Wellstone ruled Jan 2017 #9

Can't run anymore, but I have a smaller investment in continuing to live so it evens out. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2017 #19

I live in madison, then and now, went the women's march with my wife. Madison has and always Augiedog Jan 2017 #30

There's one local to me that makes me think the car has shared ownership. politicat Jan 2017 #32

I have been to two protests in the past three months DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #3

I hope your right because this hasn't even started still_one Jan 2017 #4

I'm 60 and I'm glad to see it stirred up again Greywing Jan 2017 #6

I'm having flashbacks to my college years during the Vietnam war. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2017 #8

Me, too. I remember driving to DC to march CurtEastPoint Jan 2017 #10

Look for the helpers. cilla4progress Jan 2017 #12

Not even in the 1960s? IrishEyes Jan 2017 #16

Then it was young vs. old (except in the civil rights movement). rzemanfl Jan 2017 #22

Oh there was plenty more then. Being sent to Vietnam to kill, or tear gassed and beaten FailureToCommunicate Jan 2017 #29

Keep it up America. oasis Jan 2017 #18

I'm a bit younger than you DeminPennswoods Jan 2017 #20

KICK Cha Jan 2017 #21

And I hope people don't get tired or give up. calimary Jan 2017 #23

I feel absolutely defeated hibbing Jan 2017 #24

Don't feel defeated. We're just starting. marybourg Jan 2017 #35

One thing per day. politicat Jan 2017 #36

Thanks to you both n/t hibbing Jan 2017 #38

David whooped Goliath. And many other stories exist, true ones, of defeat of larger ogres. JudyM Jan 2017 #41

Wait until summer, gonna go off. sarcasmo Jan 2017 #25

something's going to happen in late June, early July. Just my gut instinct. KittyWampus Jan 2017 #27

Survival instinct is kicking in. And since we're liberals that means our higher brains KittyWampus Jan 2017 #26

People in my universe ARE doing something about it. It is really exciting to see! AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #28

We must vote out every incumbent Republican up for re-election and Dustlawyer Jan 2017 #31

Agree completely Thekaspervote Jan 2017 #33

I'm a 66-year-old woman and I agree OceanChick Jan 2017 #34

Courage... DEM4EVR801 Jan 2017 #37

The morning of the election I got in my car, flipped on the radio just in time to hear dflprincess Jan 2017 #39

I didn't march in the sixties stage left Jan 2017 #40

The nearest thing to it were the Vietnam protests, but this is going to dwarf that because of the Vinca Jan 2017 #44

I just hope we harness this energy correctly crazycatlady Jan 2017 #48

American Spring sellitman Jan 2017 #49