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In reply to the discussion: Why Thomas Friedman issued a 'code red' warning to America [View all]PatrickforO
(14,574 posts)This resist movement has been as effective as it can be under the circumstances, and now we have high school kids from all over the country rising up and saying 'no more!'
We've flipped a number of seats in state legislatures, many of them in heavily red districts.
It has been interesting to watch public opinion changing about some of these issues we've been talking about for years:
- health care
- Social Security expansion (as opposed to a series of un-COLAs)
- Reasonable gun controls
- Affordable college tuition
There is hope. Yes, big money is lined up against us, but as someone else said, for every one of them, there are 14,000 or more of us.
And we have awakened.
Took a bunch, but we have awakened.
My wife and I will proudly join the march in March. Well...she will. If my legs are up to it, I will too.
Because you know what? OUR CHILDREN'S AND GRANDCHILDREN'S BLOOD WILL NOT BE THE PRICE OF 'FREEDOM!'
It won't. Not anymore.