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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI have decided---I'm 80 years old
I WILL NOT PUT UP
AND
I WILL NOT SHUT UP!
Who'"s with me (when you get done licking your wounds, even?)
Ocelot II
(121,647 posts)What have us old folks got to lose any more?
katmondoo
(6,499 posts)He is a disgusting old man. When I was young and worked in New York City, I met , during the course of business many guys just like Trump. They had no problem making a pass at me anytime they wanted. Trump was the same low life as these CO's. All thought they were the greatest and the most desireable of men. Meanwhile they were really the most abominable and disgusting.
Emile
(31,010 posts)rog
(755 posts)... and I'm with you!
SheltieLover
(60,516 posts)jfz9580m
(15,584 posts)But basically yes. I plan to pay attention sporadically rather than obsessively though.
Gotta stay sane and focus..I have to work.
Silent Type
(7,428 posts)duhneece
(4,271 posts)Ill grieve
then rise.
Ill reach out to the people I know, Ill work on staying connected
then organize.
BarbD
(1,227 posts)I will fight for the future of my grandchildren and great grandchildren.
RustyWheels
(166 posts)I'm with you.
KentuckyWoman
(6,901 posts)I've decided to cut a few people out of my life that would vote to burn the country to the ground rather than sit next to the likes of me (the enemy within). That gives me more time to fight for what is right. However, I am less optimistic for the end of my lifetime than I've ever been.
Evolve Dammit
(19,216 posts)benfranklin1776
(6,612 posts)Ligyron
(7,910 posts)70 and in good shape in fascist Florida.
LeftInTX
(30,935 posts)HarryM
(166 posts)But I a right with you.
Never surrender.
Dont mourn, organize
58Sunliner
(5,008 posts)bluescribbler
(2,273 posts)Hell, yes!
DemonGoddess
(5,125 posts)I believe we should organize,organize and organize! think we should get our younger people to run for local
State Legislatures. Maybe we could stop the gerrymandering . Rebubs cant win without gerrymandering.
Lets F ing go!
BonnieJW
(2,614 posts)Someone tell me how. Who do you fight when this country is soon going to be populated with goons who are waiting to put anyone, any reporter, any protester in prison without charge or trial? What will happen to your 20 year old son who marches against the new government? Who is going to write that letter to the editor or that oped piece? What paper will even print them? And do you think DU will be here in a year?
murielm99
(31,544 posts)Trump just enabled them to emerge from under their rocks. We stand up and fight them, no matter what. I am 76. My husbands 80. We will not stop fighting.
Paper Roses
(7,518 posts)I made 2 donations, not large ones to the Harris campaign. After receiving at least 100 or more requests for
$$, I started to get angry. THe meager well ran dry.
We all know that a presidential campaign is expensive but not if you have billionaires and Russia behind you,
There is not much I can do but if you have an idea for an old lady, let me know. I admire your perseverance. I have no more left to give.
Jilly_in_VA
(11,180 posts)but what can we gain by sitting in a corner and grieving? We need to get up and fight to the last breath!
ananda
(30,979 posts)I'm with you 100% !!!
But I need to hibernate and get creative
for a little while first.
Like a reboot.
I'm thinking crochet, relearning piano,
something like that.
bluestarone
(18,427 posts)Whatever it takes to save our country.
MMBeilis
(402 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(19,207 posts)Ping Tung
(1,472 posts)ancianita
(38,913 posts)Because he will definitely shut up all his opponents on penalty of prison, deportation, treason, and/or their lives. He personally won't do it, but his deputies will. There will be only a neutered DOJ and ACLU to defend you in a MAGA court.
It's not cowardice to make a strategic retreat, join forces with lawyered up institutions and groups who will collectively fight the good fight.
Jilly_in_VA
(11,180 posts)A few more years of life in a fascist AmeriKKKa? I'd rather be remembered like Dietrich Bonhoeffer or Sophie Scholl...or maybe the (fictitious?) Barbara Fritchie.
Brother Buzz
(38,060 posts)I cant exactly do that now, and question if I have one more fight left in me.
But Damn it, this is a fight that needs to be fought. Im in!
Right there with you, 74 years old
Evolve Dammit
(19,216 posts)Jeebo
(2,326 posts)... I'm 74 years old and my health is not good and I have serious doubts about whether I'll still be above the ground in four years, or even in two years. Maybe I'll be around longer than I think, but what can I do? Besides giving money, writing letters to the editor, and voting. In a way, I'm glad I won't be around a whole lot longer. I don't think I'm going to like the world I'll be having to live in.
Ron
Jilly_in_VA
(11,180 posts)Keep the faith!
lees1975
(6,133 posts)He will NEVER be my President.
summer_in_TX
(3,320 posts)Gonna persevere.
Skittles
(160,485 posts)I'm not a fucking COWARD, I WILL STAY AND FIGHT