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Please be kind and patient toward such posters who express frustration. Too many blatant and Ninga May 2019 #1
Actually no battle was ever won when you throw your hands up in despair lunatica May 2019 #32
True dat. War not peace. The only warriors I know haven't left their keyboards. So I don't Ninga May 2019 #33
Cute. lunatica May 2019 #36
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
You are hardly alone in front seat view to history, though I'm not your age. hlthe2b May 2019 #9
Blind optimism breeds complacency. Clear-eyed realism is the basis of good faith, real action. ancianita May 2019 #15
Who the hell on DU has blind optimism? That is ridiculous. hlthe2b May 2019 #17
We had a president who believed in the audacity of hope MaryMagdaline May 2019 #29
Interesting take. I have often given that advice to people with challenging medical conditions. lagomorph777 May 2019 #25
Good analogy. It is a medical as well as mental issue MaryMagdaline May 2019 #30
Excellent, thanks. n/t MBS May 2019 #43
I am exhausted. madaboutharry May 2019 #5
When You're Finished With DTM... jayfish May 2019 #10
Thanks. madaboutharry May 2019 #11
Dead to Me definitely helps MaryMagdaline May 2019 #14
Nice post malaise May 2019 #6
As Dr. King said... RT Atlanta May 2019 #7
My 1st thought JDC May 2019 #16
he also said... Locrian May 2019 #45
One can only hope, Trueblue Firestorm49 May 2019 #12
"The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine." -Euripides Snarkoleptic May 2019 #13
Tell that to the Sabines. Act_of_Reparation May 2019 #24
i don't believe in hope or hopelessness. Kurt V. May 2019 #18
Unfortunately hurple May 2019 #19
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
Right. DavidDvorkin May 2019 #22
I don't think blind optimism or pessimism accurately... Trueblue Texan May 2019 #37
Pessimism isn't blind. Act_of_Reparation May 2019 #48
I was one of many that carried blind optimistic faith in the American voter in 2016 Pluvious May 2019 #23
So you lost 50$ and got Trump as an added penalty. Whew. Kablooie May 2019 #26
I actually believe you were correct in your optimism. Trueblue Texan May 2019 #38
Trump did NOT win malaise May 2019 #42
+ 1000 n/t MBS May 2019 #44
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
Agreed. old guy May 2019 #51
Nixon bombed Cambodia and Laos amcgrath May 2019 #31
Excellent comment. This is worth remembering right now. rainin May 2019 #52
Thank You, TT. I really needed YOUR WORDS today. Aaaamen. n/t MFGsunny May 2019 #34
I can't put on the news this weekend. Too expensive emotionally. lindysalsagal May 2019 #35
Justice JGug1 May 2019 #39
I don't "believe" there will be justice, as belief in itself in pointless. Oneironaut May 2019 #40
+1 nt Hotler May 2019 #49
Yup. old guy May 2019 #53
There will be SOME justice. The perfect is the enemy of the good. Reject binary thinking. Bernardo de La Paz May 2019 #41
The wheel of justice grinds exceeding slow, but it grinds exceeding fine. ananda May 2019 #47
Tell that to the Carthaginians. Act_of_Reparation May 2019 #54
Thanks for posting lillypaddle May 2019 #50
"Justice always prevails." How I wish that was true. VOX May 2019 #55
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