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Grasswire2

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24. this is how autocrats rise

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 02:51 AM

Jun 2019

They exhaust the good people with outrage after outrage.

I recommend getting the slim book by Yale holocaust historian Timothy Snyder: "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century".

Just $7.95. Essential reading for this moment. He tells us what to look for and how to be.

Two things that ANYONE can do right now. Join the ACLU for the price of a couple of coffee drinks and lend your voice to the cause of liberty. And defend our free watchdog press as reporters stand between the people and tyranny every freaking day as they cover this presidency.

Your voice is important. We can be in the "streets" via keyboard advocacy for causes we value.

Hold on.

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We are in an epic battle of Good v. Evil [View all] cilla4progress Jun 2019 OP

we won't be in the streets for long. rampartc Jun 2019 #1

I agree FirstLight Jun 2019 #2

Yes, cilla4progress Jun 2019 #3

The planet and nature will survive. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #4

I don't think it's "might"... cilla4progress Jun 2019 #5

Agree. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #6

I live in central Pa. among the Trumpers, watoos Jun 2019 #12

That's awful. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #14

You won't be missed... Whatthe_Firetruck Jun 2019 #10

Sad but true. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #13

Honestly? cilla4progress Jun 2019 #15

... FirstLight Jun 2019 #9

I think my daughter did, but I don't have the nerve to ask her now. cilla4progress Jun 2019 #16

Sierra Nevada - Tahoe FirstLight Jun 2019 #17

I'm in eastern Washington cilla4progress Jun 2019 #22

My grandson went to Montessori outside Pittsburgh, watoos Jun 2019 #18

"Battle" assumes both sides are fighting. NightWatcher Jun 2019 #7

What happens if we think BEYOND the unthinkable - colorado_ufo Jun 2019 #8

Could we just skip to the part where Trump drops dead? Maru Kitteh Jun 2019 #11

All in favor say, "Aye!" colorado_ufo Jun 2019 #21

Good and Evil are Human Constructs Demon Dem Jun 2019 #19

Wait until the immigrants are our fellow citizens from AZ, TX, NM, & CrispyQ Jun 2019 #23

Ah, I remember the quote from "Spaceballs" ScratchCat Jun 2019 #20

this is how autocrats rise Grasswire2 Jun 2019 #24