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walkingman

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5. I love this quote from the article -

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Wed Nov 9, 2022, 02:43 PM

Nov 2022

"Our choices are shaped, and even bound, by the histories and institutions we inhabit. And yet they’re still our choices. We are moral agents, responsible for our decisions, even if we can’t fully escape the matrix in which we make them."

It give me some inspiration when inspiration is awfully hard to find here in Texas these days.

4 years of "W", then 14 years of Rick Perry, and now Abbott for at least 12 years as Governor is pretty depressing. 😱

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No One Forced Republicans to Do Any of These Things [View all] Nevilledog Nov 2022 OP

Damn straight! tanyev Nov 2022 #1

Absolutely! SheltieLover Nov 2022 #2

'We are moral agents, responsible for our decisions, elleng Nov 2022 #3

my interpretation of that whole "we had no choice!" argument was that they need white supremacists anarch Nov 2022 #4

I love this quote from the article - walkingman Nov 2022 #5

Their problem was that he could do better than they did on their own. chriscan64 Nov 2022 #6

Republicans have authoritarian brains. poli-junkie Nov 2022 #7

Not true. Their billionaire masters did. Kennah Nov 2022 #8