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JustAnotherGen

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38. No - you did not

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 05:46 PM

Jun 2018

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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An encouraging tweet from Rep. John Lewis [View all] 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