Wed Jun 27, 2018, 11:34 AM

NY_20th (1,028 posts)

An encouraging tweet from Rep. John Lewis

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An encouraging tweet from Rep. John Lewis (Original post)	NY_20th	Jun 2018	OP
and John Lewis knows what a struggle is. Thank-you for the perspective Representative Lewis	still_one	Jun 2018	#1
Thank you John Lewis	sheshe2	Jun 2018	#2
A true Democrat. In every perfect sense of the word.	Wwcd	Jun 2018	#3
Idiots!	czarjak	Jun 2018	#43
Make some noise?!? Oh no that will never do. Where is the fainting couch....	vi5	Jun 2018	#4
I must have missed when he encouraged violence	mythology	Jun 2018	#7
Sorry, I forgot the sarcasm tag.....	vi5	Jun 2018	#12
You didn't need the sarcasm tag	JustAnotherGen	Jun 2018	#19
I'm confused....	vi5	Jun 2018	#37
No - you did not	JustAnotherGen	Jun 2018	#38
My father-in-law and great gradma's generation	Iliyah	Jun 2018	#5
I love and respect that man to the nth degree	ailsagirl	Jun 2018	#6
I needed this message today.	DesertRat	Jun 2018	#8
Wise words (again). A true man of character & resolve. nt	Honeycombe8	Jun 2018	#9
YES! "necessary trouble"	JoeOtterbein	Jun 2018	#10
Congressman John Lewis is a national treasure	Gothmog	Jun 2018	#11
It's hard to keep the faith n/t	hibbing	Jun 2018	#13
Man, no shit.	calimary	Jun 2018	#23
But we MUST	ailsagirl	Jun 2018	#32
Really puts things in perspective	Politicub	Jun 2018	#14
Congressman John Lewis is a civil rights icon.	gademocrat7	Jun 2018	#15
Thank you, Representative Lewis.	Nitram	Jun 2018	#16
When I think of who Lewis is today, and what he endured and survived,	mountain grammy	Jun 2018	#17
I love this man.	spicysista	Jun 2018	#18
Truly. And I needed his words today.	Squinch	Jun 2018	#25
Beautiful moment	ailsagirl	Jun 2018	#33
Fuck that. Sometimes despair is warranted. Encouraging tweets are nice	Still In Wisconsin	Jun 2018	#20
Yeah the United States I was born in no longer exists.	47of74	Jun 2018	#21
Exactly. Everything that happened since then was and will be the inevitable result	Still In Wisconsin	Jun 2018	#22
Honestly, it may have died when the idiot was made POTUS	Cosmocat	Jun 2018	#26
So we should all give up?	lagomorph777	Jun 2018	#24
People can do whatever they want. These are different times.	Still In Wisconsin	Jun 2018	#27
I have.	47of74	Jun 2018	#30
I think giving up is the only logical response to this situation	Still In Wisconsin	Jun 2018	#42
Despair and determination are not necessarily exclusive	ailsagirl	Jun 2018	#34
Good on you, then.	Still In Wisconsin	Jun 2018	#35
???	padah513	Jun 2018	#36
Yes, you're right	ailsagirl	Jun 2018	#40
look at the life that John Lewis has lived and where he is coming from. you will see it's not	JI7	Jun 2018	#46
Needed this.	ChiTownDenny	Jun 2018	#28
Of course, that tweet was sent out before Kennedy's retirement.	fsl3	Jun 2018	#29
Wow. One can appreciate these words far more than ever before.	VOX	Jun 2018	#31
True, but we're going backwards	ecstatic	Jun 2018	#39
That means a lot coming from him, with all he's seen in his lifetime.	Amaryllis	Jun 2018	#41
Make some Noise like Stephanie Wilkinson is!	Cha	Jun 2018	#44
John Lewis.. well Established Hero-National	Cha	Jun 2018	#45
minngal	marieo1	Jun 2018	#47

Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 11:36 AM

still_one (83,634 posts)

1. and John Lewis knows what a struggle is. Thank-you for the perspective Representative Lewis

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 11:37 AM

sheshe2 (76,081 posts)

2. Thank you John Lewis

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 11:38 AM

Wwcd (6,288 posts)

3. A true Democrat. In every perfect sense of the word.

Who dare stand against this man.

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Response to Wwcd (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 28, 2018, 12:51 AM

czarjak (6,325 posts)

43. Idiots!

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 11:38 AM

vi5 (13,305 posts)

4. Make some noise?!? Oh no that will never do. Where is the fainting couch....

How dare he encourage such incivility!?

I'm sure the civility police will be along any minute now to wag their fingers.

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Response to vi5 (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 12:04 PM

mythology (9,527 posts)

7. I must have missed when he encouraged violence

This is a man who didn't respond in kind when his skull was fractured. He didn't lower himself to their level. Trying to claim this as evidence of supporting treating Republicans how they treat others shows an alarming lack of history.

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Response to mythology (Reply #7)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 12:45 PM

vi5 (13,305 posts)

12. Sorry, I forgot the sarcasm tag.....

...I thought it would be obvious that I was mocking the fools in the centrist media (and in our own party) who chastized Maxine Waters for a very innocuous statement merely telling people to stand up for themselves.

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Response to vi5 (Reply #12)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 02:13 PM

JustAnotherGen (29,578 posts)

19. You didn't need the sarcasm tag

It was clear and everyone knows Aunt Maxine never called for violence.

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Response to JustAnotherGen (Reply #19)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 04:37 PM

vi5 (13,305 posts)

37. I'm confused....

...did I imply that she did? I just read my post over and don't see that. Sorry if I did.

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Response to vi5 (Reply #37)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 05:46 PM

JustAnotherGen (29,578 posts)

38. No - you did not

And your post was fine - and I 100% agree with you. The Tone Police and Grammar Marshalls are out today and it looks like you got 'stopped' by one.

And you didn't need the

in your post at all. It was clear as day. You are with 'Aunt Maxine'.

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 11:56 AM

Iliyah (25,111 posts)

5. My father-in-law and great gradma's generation

fought for civil rights, voting rights, humanitarian rights, equality, better jobs and protection against the greedy corporations and greedy government.

My generation will take up that fight again. Thank you Mr. Lewis.

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 12:01 PM

ailsagirl (21,702 posts)

6. I love and respect that man to the nth degree

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 12:15 PM

DesertRat (27,992 posts)

8. I needed this message today.

He's an American treasure.

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 12:25 PM

Honeycombe8 (37,648 posts)

9. Wise words (again). A true man of character & resolve. nt

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 12:26 PM

JoeOtterbein (6,639 posts)

10. YES! "necessary trouble"

is needed loud and clear!

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 12:30 PM

Gothmog (111,189 posts)

11. Congressman John Lewis is a national treasure

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 12:47 PM

hibbing (9,104 posts)

13. It's hard to keep the faith n/t

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Response to hibbing (Reply #13)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 02:25 PM

calimary (68,371 posts)

23. Man, no shit.

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Response to hibbing (Reply #13)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:15 PM

ailsagirl (21,702 posts)

32. But we MUST

I 100% agree with you but we MUST soldier on

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 01:02 PM

Politicub (12,050 posts)

14. Really puts things in perspective

The nature of progress is struggle.

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 01:18 PM

gademocrat7 (9,209 posts)

15. Congressman John Lewis is a civil rights icon.

Proud to stand with him here in Atlanta.

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 01:27 PM

Nitram (18,098 posts)

16. Thank you, Representative Lewis.

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 01:49 PM

mountain grammy (24,371 posts)

17. When I think of who Lewis is today, and what he endured and survived,

this actually does give me some encouragment.

The man is a hero. Thanks for posting.

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 01:56 PM

spicysista (1,602 posts)

18. I love this man.

A giant among men.

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Response to spicysista (Reply #18)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 02:29 PM

Squinch (42,368 posts)

25. Truly. And I needed his words today.

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Response to spicysista (Reply #18)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:15 PM

ailsagirl (21,702 posts)

33. Beautiful moment

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Response to NY_20th (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 02:19 PM

Still In Wisconsin (4,450 posts)

20. Fuck that. Sometimes despair is warranted. Encouraging tweets are nice

but at the end of the day, they're worth what you pay for them. What's happening to this country appears to be irreversible.

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Response to Still In Wisconsin (Reply #20)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 02:21 PM

47of74 (18,470 posts)

21. Yeah the United States I was born in no longer exists.

It died in November 2016.

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Response to 47of74 (Reply #21)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 02:22 PM

Still In Wisconsin (4,450 posts)

22. Exactly. Everything that happened since then was and will be the inevitable result

of Donald Trump being elected.

We're done.

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Response to 47of74 (Reply #21)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 02:32 PM

Cosmocat (13,827 posts)

26. Honestly, it may have died when the idiot was made POTUS

but, I have seen the death spiral going back to the early 90s ...

At some point, just have to not fight the acceptance that this is what we are.

Stupid as shit ...

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Response to Still In Wisconsin (Reply #20)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 02:29 PM

lagomorph777 (30,613 posts)

24. So we should all give up?

Did our ancestors do that in 1775? In 1861? In 1941? In 1963? Those were all horrible, scary times. Yet our nation survived and each time, ended up as a better place.

We are better than this.

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Response to lagomorph777 (Reply #24)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 02:32 PM

Still In Wisconsin (4,450 posts)

27. People can do whatever they want. These are different times.

If I didn't have kids to support I'd probably be making plans to exit this mortal existence, but that's not an option for me.

Like I said, people can do whatever they want. If it makes you feel better to keep believing that this can change, then go for it. Maybe you're right and I'm wrong.

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Response to lagomorph777 (Reply #24)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 02:57 PM

47of74 (18,470 posts)