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Butterflies

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58. I agree with everything you wrote. It's all so sad.

Sat May 13, 2017, 07:23 PM

May 2017

So many people brainwash themselves with right-wing media, and it is destroying our country. I work with these people, and I don't know how to deal with them. They are weirdly insistent that the poor suffer as much as possible. When did Christianity become so cruel and GREEDY?

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It's heartbreaking [View all] KentuckyWoman May 2017 OP

Good post. Thank you. lpbk2713 May 2017 #1

Well said. My heart fully agrees w/your sentiments. northoftheborder May 2017 #2

++++++ Well said. skylucy May 2017 #3

Recommended! panader0 May 2017 #4

Does he have a single redeeming quality? spiderpig May 2017 #24

Thank goodness Scarsdale May 2017 #44

I feel you. Heartbreak is the word. JudyM May 2017 #5

You've crystallized my feelings as an "in the last 3rd of my life" member Cooley Hurd May 2017 #6

Perfect MFM008 May 2017 #7

Heartbreaking, yes. But we resist, we persist, we win victories. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #8

Something hopeful: Amaryllis May 2017 #55

I'm a little younger, but also feel like this. we can do it May 2017 #9

I'm 69 and feel much more hopeful lunatica May 2017 #10

Your point is very well taken and I thank you KentuckyWoman May 2017 #19

It took the bad to get the good, in almost every case. lastlib May 2017 #33

I pray you are right. classykaren May 2017 #48

See post #55 a few above yours. Amaryllis May 2017 #56

Thanks lunatica May 2017 #57

Good post mountain grammy May 2017 #11

Perfectly stated. 3catwoman3 May 2017 #12

I agree with your sentiments Kimchijeon May 2017 #13

Just turned 68, so I'm right there with you. VOX May 2017 #14

We'll muddle through somehow. byronius May 2017 #15

you know how to write. KentuckyWoman May 2017 #21

Why, thanks for that. byronius May 2017 #22

Nice post. I try to tell myself this every day. mountain grammy May 2017 #27

We are in 60's and wondering marlakay May 2017 #16

Brava! Thank you. babylonsister May 2017 #17

Thank you. Kath2 May 2017 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author localroger May 2017 #23

fux gnewz myst be nuked for creating this stupid monster + his fans. pansypoo53219 May 2017 #20

I'm 53. localroger May 2017 #25

You nailed it TxDemChem May 2017 #26

Not QUITE your age, but chasing fast, and ... PsychoBabble May 2017 #28

Me, too. I've never experienced something like this with our govt before. It IS heartbreaking. nt Honeycombe8 May 2017 #29

I'm in the same age range, and everything goes in cycles. I hope to go out on a high note. UTUSN May 2017 #30

With you - also in my "prime" elfin May 2017 #31

YOU SPEAK for SO many Americans. furtheradu May 2017 #32

Earlier today, I wanted to start a thread about how embarrassed ProudLib72 May 2017 #34

Hang in there! B Stieg May 2017 #35

K&R smirkymonkey May 2017 #36

From Hope and Yes We Can to this nightmare. BarbD May 2017 #37

I feel the same sadness, the same disappointment. defacto7 May 2017 #38

All you old people have made me feel better :p Kittycow May 2017 #39

Well said! lucca18 May 2017 #40

K&R Paka May 2017 #41

Well Done, KentuckyWoman.. Too many took Cha May 2017 #42

I will be 70 in September, and I understand everything you are saying... Hekate May 2017 #43

So true... llmart May 2017 #45

I'm 79 and I fear for my children HelenWheels May 2017 #46

"He is all 7 of the deadly sins." WyLoochka May 2017 #47

As soon as bucolic_frolic May 2017 #49

Message deleted by DU the Administrators Useless in FL May 2017 #50

Hang in there shenmue May 2017 #51

I'm almost 62, so I'm right there with you. This picture describes how I've felt catbyte May 2017 #52

That was so well said. BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #53

Great post! You speak for most if not all of us here at DU. KPN May 2017 #54

I agree with everything you wrote. It's all so sad. Butterflies May 2017 #58

I'm heartbroken, too, KentuckyWoman. calimary May 2017 #59