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Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: About the bird visiting the Bernie event in Portland... [View all]Duppers
(28,117 posts)49. Very beautiful. Yet that's the parental fear
that Make3cats' wrote about. That's the essence of my sadness, as a mother, over the coming sixth extinction.
It's ALL going to end ...too soon and with suffering. The roaches will survive, they always do, and perhaps a few small animals and a few sea critters.
I struggle daily with this knowledge. I too have faced my mortality, with horrible fear and deep depression at first. But then I gained courage that astonished my hubs. I've held on to that courage until the last few years. Knowledge can be brutal but I prefer knowing than sticking my head in the sand and making the situation worse for younger generations. The sand heads are cowards who are contributing the most to the problem. I suppose I agree with Bertrand Russell.
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next to the water bottle, Bernie had just been discussing fracking and clean water.
Viva_La_Revolution
Mar 2016
#11
And that bird really did make a difference. It warmed so many people's hearts today.
jillan
Mar 2016
#21
An individual video of this event would be hard to hit 1 million as there are
LiberalArkie
Mar 2016
#55
I'm share your perspective (atheist too) and I too felt universe moving there
riderinthestorm
Mar 2016
#69