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Buddyblazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 03:39 PM
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Do you ever feel like throwing in the towel?
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I've kept my chin up since Nov. 2nd.

I've tried to get the word out about vote fraud. I've been called a nut by other Dems. My Repub father REFUSES to even listen to anything that isn't goosestepping with Heir Furrer. Amazingly...I've never brought up vote fraud with him...but he's brought it up with me. Frantically trying to come up with excuses, he started debunking all of the fraud stories coming out...and I pretended I didn't know what he was talking about. I asked him, "WTF are you talking about?". He couldn't drop it. I then asked him, "Why are you so defensive...you guys won it all legitimately...right?"

But after dealing with all the lunatic righties surrounding me...I'm starting to wonder. Maybe I'm the lunatic. All of these other people seem to be able to agree on the issues. I mean...is being "correct" just a relative term.

Say...if I were to believe that murder is wrong. But I'm surrounded by a majority that thinks murder is okay. Than...relatively speaking...am I the one that's incorrect? Obviously murder is an extreme example, but I think you can see what I'm saying in this example.

At this point, I look at "the cause"...and "the propaganda"....and I hate to say this...but complacency is looking more and more attractive to me everyday. Back to the days when I didn't care.

My friends brother was so pissed off by the system years ago...he refuses to take part in any way. Anybody who brings up politics around him gets a warning. "Do not discuss politics around me." If the persist...he'll literally threaten them, "Drop it...or I'll shut your mouth for you." He's actually a nice guy...he just vowed to be politics free years ago...and his life is a heck of a lot happier.

So here I am...do I continue the good fight...or do I pack it in and just say "fuck it!".

Sorry for this...i've just been milling this over for a month now.
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