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wnylib

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10. Of course the fight is now.

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #8)

Mon Jul 19, 2021, 02:37 PM

Jul 2021

I am not luring people into complacency about voting.

I am saying that if we don't win the fight NOW, it will get physical.

This is not 1968. The circumstances are very different today. I do not wish for an uprising. I would like to see it avoided. But I am predicting (not wishing) that if people's votes are overturnrd to put fascists in power, there will be unrest beyond the scale of the war protests and civil rights protests of the 60s.

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Getting Rid of Trumpism Requires Continually Going Back to the Ballot Box [View all] lees1975 Jul 2021 OP

RIGHT! WE MUST ALL VOTE! raging moderate Jul 2021 #1

You are presuming a traditional comfort zone paradigm that no longer exists Fiendish Thingy Jul 2021 #2

The voter suppression laws are being challenged. wnylib Jul 2021 #5

The time to make the system change is NOW, not after the November 2022 election Fiendish Thingy Jul 2021 #7

Of course the time to fight is now, wnylib Jul 2021 #9

There will be no Civil War 2.0 Fiendish Thingy Jul 2021 #11

I vote a straight Democratic ticket and encourage those I know to do the same Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #3

Even a massive turnout won't help when legislatures can throw out votes they don't like. Kablooie Jul 2021 #4

And what will happen when people's votes are overturned wnylib Jul 2021 #6

Don't lure others into complacency with traditional paradigms about voting Fiendish Thingy Jul 2021 #8

Of course the fight is now. wnylib Jul 2021 #10