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In reply to the discussion: Last thread I'll start today: I'll admit I'm scared. 2016 is still very fresh in my mind. [View all]dwayneb
(933 posts)26. No need to apologize
We are fortunate that we still have platforms like this one where we can freely post our opinions and thinking.
This is not about emotions or feelings. We are at war. That is a fact - our fascist enemies will stop at nothing in order to secure power, they've been working toward this for 100 years.
The reality is that this time, they have the most powerful propaganda machine that has ever been devised. And they are not afraid to use it even if it destroys us all.
We can't give in to fear. If we do go under the boot of someone like Trump I can assure you that a Resistance will emerge. Americans will never give up the freedoms that we fought and died for, without a fight.
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Last thread I'll start today: I'll admit I'm scared. 2016 is still very fresh in my mind. [View all]
Coventina
Oct 2024
OP
I'm not looking for my feelings to be validated. I'm expressing that being scared does not make me a troll.
Coventina
Oct 2024
#2
I hear ya. I have had an anxiety spike here & there. I expect there'll be an increase as each last week ticks off.
electric_blue68
Oct 2024
#19
I think it's fucking frightening that it would only take a minor media event
progressoid
Oct 2024
#21
Anybody who isn't scared is delusional or just lying. It's what we do with our fear, right?
Maru Kitteh
Oct 2024
#22