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In reply to the discussion: All those posting your belief there will be no justice... [View all]MaryMagdaline
(6,859 posts)14. Dead to Me definitely helps
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Please be kind and patient toward such posters who express frustration. Too many blatant and
Ninga
May 2019
#1
True dat. War not peace. The only warriors I know haven't left their keyboards. So I don't
Ninga
May 2019
#33
I try to but it has not escaped me that there are one hell of a lot of people just barely holding on
hlthe2b
May 2019
#2
A Facebook friend has reminded me since 2016 that optimism is part of the resistance
MaryMagdaline
May 2019
#3
Indeed. "The enemy wants us to feel depressed". Depression leads to "paralysis" and apathy.
hlthe2b
May 2019
#4
I'm 76. Kennedys assassination, the 2000 election, the evil Iraq war, the 2016 election
Ninga
May 2019
#8
Blind optimism breeds complacency. Clear-eyed realism is the basis of good faith, real action.
ancianita
May 2019
#15
Interesting take. I have often given that advice to people with challenging medical conditions.
lagomorph777
May 2019
#25
"The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine." -Euripides
Snarkoleptic
May 2019
#13
You wrote "Justice always prevails, usually at a rate that annoys someone or groups of people"
rainin
May 2019
#20
I feel the same way, especially after the news that the govt has 1700 more separated children
Amyishere
May 2019
#46
Have you stopped to consider that maybe your naive optimism is just as annoying to realists...
Act_of_Reparation
May 2019
#21
I was one of many that carried blind optimistic faith in the American voter in 2016
Pluvious
May 2019
#23
Slow walkin', hummmhawww, tentative, apathetic reluctance is the enemy of Justice.
Magoo48
May 2019
#27
I worked as a litigation paralegal for over 3 decades. Justice does not always prevail.
Honeycombe8
May 2019
#28
There will be SOME justice. The perfect is the enemy of the good. Reject binary thinking.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2019
#41