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AnnetteChaffee

(1,979 posts)
59. I wrote this in 2017
Sun Mar 27, 2022, 11:41 AM
Mar 2022

It seems timely to post it again.
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2017- The Year of the Shadow

It used to be that we presented our light and hid our shadow side, however 45 has empowered those who live in hate and fear. We now are faced with meeting people and immediately seeing who they are at their core, their "shadow side" or their "light side". Lately, the shadow side seems to be rising. There are people who I worked with for many years and who really were reasonable people. I see them now on social media, fully "out and proud" to be a Nazi, or a white supremacist, bigot, racist, and/or masochist. They called themselves "Independent", which to me is like calling yourself bisexual - you may identify with both sides, but in your heart of hearts, when its time to embrace your fantasy, it is one side that rings your bell (so to speak) - that is who you really are, and when its time to vote - most independents tend to vote republican (when given a choice of D or R). I always felt that most "Independents" were really republicans who could not bring themselves to publicly embrace the negative principles that the republican party is based on, stating the infamous "both sides, blah blah blah" - another thing that to me is completely ethically and factually fraudulent. The United States we live in now, unfortunately, has very little middle ground.

Those "independents" - and let me clarify that I am not saying that this applies to everyone, but it does apply to a majority of them) and the republicans, have finally found their leader, someone who has given them permission to live in the shadow side of their true selves and show it publicly - no longer do they need to hide behind a computer monitor. They are encouraged to be bigots, to fantasize out loud the harm that they would love to see inflicted on those who they JUDGE to be inferior or different. The leaders of churches can now live in their shadows!!! This gives an extra level of permission for the hypocrites and bigots to embrace their shadows cloaked in "Christianity" - they are being told that the representative of their higher power said it was okay!! They are even bringing voting machines into churches and being told to vote their shadow's will from the pulpit.

The good news is that things are escalating very quickly. By embracing their shadows, everyone can now see their true selves. They no longer have to hide, and so we now know who they are, what they are and where they are. It is our responsibility as those who choose to show our light, to find a way to block the darkness from altering our lives in ways that will damage our lives for generations to come. The republicans and especially the rich republicans, know how to manipulate the public, the media, the law and the politicians and they have planned this takeover very carefully with the help of our enemies/their friends. They are stumbling now because they didn't expect their opportunity to present itself so quickly and as everyone knows, republicans are not very good at governing, coming up with good ideas, or compromising. Shadows block; they don't light the path, shadows block the path. They also didn't anticipate that their opportunity would come with a president that they could not control, and a woken up population of people who are identifying the shadow workers and standing up against the harm they are trying to inflict by shining their light on them.

I'm sorry this is so long - I've suffered emotionally since November, I feel like every day is some kind of horrific dream that I cannot wake up from. i'm heartened by the fact that time is moving quickly and whether circumstances will save us from the destruction that the shadows have planned for us, or whether it happens and we are destroyed by their hands -through war, another great depression, or climate change disasters, it appears that it is going to happen sooner rather than later.

The sooner it happens, the sooner we can begin to rebuild. We better be ready and that means that Democratic leaders and future US and world leaders need to be putting together a plan that we can support so that we can move forward and rebuild the dream that we were so close to achieving. We will also need to consider that once the light wins (and it will), we have to find a way to bring a little light out of the shadows. Nobody can live in this kind of negativity and not be affected by it. Things need to be healed, people need to be healed, and we need to try to become a strong and united states again.

I only hope its not too late. Nothing says Forever, Shadow, like a nuclear bomb.

Namaste,
a

so he wants to irradiate the planet , including himself eh? AllaN01Bear Mar 2022 #1
This assertion is (to use such weapons) a war crime by itself. My fear is not that Russia wouldn't SWBTATTReg Mar 2022 #2
Exactly..... FarPoint Mar 2022 #16
Yes, watched an army intelligence person saying those war heads have a life span PortTack Mar 2022 #24
With any luck they will just explode on site dixiegrrrrl Mar 2022 #52
I have thought the same thing. wnylib Mar 2022 #57
This is a issue with all nuclear weapons including the U.S.. former9thward Mar 2022 #20
Makes sense, what you say. NT SWBTATTReg Mar 2022 #21
The tritium has to be replaced about every 10 years in the warhead. Now that is just them bomb LiberalArkie Mar 2022 #31
Minuteman missiles are tested every so often at Vandenberg. Probably makes it a target though... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #32
Russia was testing new nukes during TFG's administration... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #26
Two thoughts about that Facebook post wnylib Mar 2022 #58
I understand... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #60
OK. wnylib Mar 2022 #61
Hell, even back in the mid 90"s when we trained with them, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #39
Fine. I guess they want to be obliterated from the face of the earth. Boydog Mar 2022 #3
We can, but we could get obliterated too Polybius Mar 2022 #14
Doubt they could stop us from employing the "football." Boydog Mar 2022 #23
No could to it. We would be obliterated. paleotn Mar 2022 #46
What a pr**k......small p***s man ......he really does have issues.... turbinetree Mar 2022 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #5
Fortunately this isn't a unilateral decision making process... EarthFirst Mar 2022 #6
I agree, I was still editing the Op as you posted, I type slowly. bluewater Mar 2022 #7
In a prior post, I said that to end this conflict Putin only needs colorado_ufo Mar 2022 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #8
A launch code sent to a submarine reduces the relevant chain of command Harker Mar 2022 #9
Correct. former9thward Mar 2022 #10
yep DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 2022 #18
You are correct that it's in the hands of a small group of people... EarthFirst Mar 2022 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #15
Then there's the sub in "On the Beach"... Harker Mar 2022 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #35
I'm overdue for my second viewing. Harker Mar 2022 #44
There's also the movie, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #42
That was a hair raiser. n/t Harker Mar 2022 #43
Pretty sure that each Russian boomer at sea is shadowed MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #45
Yes, and after watching Ali Velshi yesterday... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #30
And if the security of the nukes is anything like it was in the old Soviet Union, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #41
Should this happen... appmanga Mar 2022 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #17
I've seen this movie Bayard Mar 2022 #12
Didn't Putin Play Dr. Strangelove? GB_RN Mar 2022 #22
Russia should be officially designated a nuclear terrorist state. dalton99a Mar 2022 #13
The Russians should be scared of *our* nukes, not the other way around. Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #36
We're assuming their nukes are in good shape when they may not be IronLionZion Mar 2022 #27
Interesting point, but... Shipwack Mar 2022 #38
Last year I saw a picture in the Air & Space Smithsonian magazine of the Russian Air Force's... Crowman2009 Mar 2022 #54
Fuck Putin NEOBuckeye Mar 2022 #28
It's a weapon for somebody Turbineguy Mar 2022 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #37
This is a dangerous game. Dustlawyer Mar 2022 #47
Here's one of the main nuclear threats... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #51
Advances like this would seem to make use of nuclear weapons inevitable. bluewater Mar 2022 #55
One horrific possibility I have thought of... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #62
That's an insightful and terrifying thought. bluewater Mar 2022 #64
Russian military needs to stop him. Joinfortmill Mar 2022 #48
Someone should, and quickly. bluewater Mar 2022 #49
It just takes 1 hypersonic Gordcanuck Mar 2022 #50
Pardon my belligerence, but I think it is time we stand up to Putin's nuclear blackmail. Tell Martin68 Mar 2022 #53
It's probably been said before, Eyeball_Kid Mar 2022 #56
I wrote this in 2017 AnnetteChaffee Mar 2022 #59
I feel the same way Annette Chaffee I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #65
I was called a warmonger for saying this same thought 3 weeks ago... pbmus Mar 2022 #63
They what? LiberalFighter Mar 2022 #66
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