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I have decided---I'm 80 years old (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Nov 6 OP
I'm getting there, and I'm with you. Ocelot II Nov 6 #1
I am 95 and will never be quiet about this ' katmondoo Nov 6 #29
I'm with you. Emile Nov 6 #2
Just turned 80 two weeks ago ... rog Nov 6 #3
Absofuckinglutely! SheltieLover Nov 6 #4
I am going to schedule my time for sanity jfz9580m Nov 6 #5
Looking forward to mid-terms, if we survive that long. I think we will, though wounded. Silent Type Nov 6 #6
I'm with you!! duhneece Nov 6 #7
I'm with you and will be 87 in a few weeks. BarbD Nov 6 #8
I'm 62... RustyWheels Nov 6 #9
I'm over 80 and I'm not done either. KentuckyWoman Nov 6 #10
The enemy from within was pure projection Evolve Dammit Nov 6 #32
I am! ✊🏼 benfranklin1776 Nov 6 #11
(Raises hand) Me, ME!! Ligyron Nov 6 #12
I'm only 68 and need physical therapy from fighting LeftInTX Nov 6 #13
I'm only 69 HarryM Nov 6 #14
K & R. Still in my fetal position, which I'm not proud of. 58Sunliner Nov 6 #15
I'm only 73, but, bluescribbler Nov 6 #16
I am DemonGoddess Nov 6 #17
YES hannah Nov 6 #18
I don't mean to be defeated, but BonnieJW Nov 6 #19
The goons have always been out there. murielm99 Nov 6 #20
I am 82. I'm scared to death of what is to come with my health and $$$ issues. Paper Roses Nov 6 #21
I am too, my friend Jilly_in_VA Nov 6 #26
Just turned 76 here. You go girl! ananda Nov 6 #22
77 with you here bluestarone Nov 6 #23
I went to bed last night thinking about leaving the country, but this morning I'm ready for the good fight. MMBeilis Nov 6 #24
72 and outspoken! ProudMNDemocrat Nov 6 #25
I'm 80 and with you. I warned my dentist this morning that I'm particularly grumpy today. Ping Tung Nov 6 #27
If you speak against the man with total immunity, you will go down. Ready for that? ancianita Nov 6 #28
What do I have to lose at my age? Jilly_in_VA Nov 6 #31
I was ready to pass the baton and sit back to become a spectator Brother Buzz Nov 6 #30
Yes seta1950 Nov 6 #33
Picked the wrong time to sell my re-loading equipment Evolve Dammit Nov 6 #34
I'm with you, but ... Jeebo Nov 6 #35
Well, that's not putting up or shutting up, my friend! Jilly_in_VA Nov 6 #36
I'm 67 and I'm right there with you. lees1975 Nov 6 #37
71 here. Democracy is worth fighting for. summer_in_TX Nov 6 #38
I won't abandon my country to fascism, I know that! Skittles Nov 7 #39

katmondoo

(6,499 posts)
29. I am 95 and will never be quiet about this '
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 03:07 PM
Nov 6

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.

jfz9580m

(15,584 posts)
5. I am going to schedule my time for sanity
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 12:26 PM
Nov 6

But basically yes. I plan to pay attention sporadically rather than obsessively though.
Gotta stay sane and focus..I have to work.

duhneece

(4,271 posts)
7. I'm with you!!
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:01 PM
Nov 6

I’ll grieve… then rise.
I’ll reach out to the people I know, I’ll work on staying connected…then organize.

BarbD

(1,227 posts)
8. I'm with you and will be 87 in a few weeks.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:04 PM
Nov 6

I will fight for the future of my grandchildren and great grandchildren.

KentuckyWoman

(6,901 posts)
10. I'm over 80 and I'm not done either.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:04 PM
Nov 6

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.

hannah

(167 posts)
18. YES
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:36 PM
Nov 6

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 can’t win without gerrymandering.
Let’s F ing go!

BonnieJW

(2,614 posts)
19. I don't mean to be defeated, but
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:39 PM
Nov 6

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)
20. The goons have always been out there.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:46 PM
Nov 6

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)
21. I am 82. I'm scared to death of what is to come with my health and $$$ issues.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:54 PM
Nov 6

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)
26. I am too, my friend
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:58 PM
Nov 6

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)
22. Just turned 76 here. You go girl!
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:56 PM
Nov 6

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.

MMBeilis

(402 posts)
24. I went to bed last night thinking about leaving the country, but this morning I'm ready for the good fight.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 02:57 PM
Nov 6

ancianita

(38,913 posts)
28. If you speak against the man with total immunity, you will go down. Ready for that?
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 03:01 PM
Nov 6

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)
31. What do I have to lose at my age?
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 03:18 PM
Nov 6

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)
30. I was ready to pass the baton and sit back to become a spectator
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 03:14 PM
Nov 6

I can’t 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. I’m in!

Jeebo

(2,326 posts)
35. I'm with you, but ...
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 03:23 PM
Nov 6

... 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

Skittles

(160,485 posts)
39. I won't abandon my country to fascism, I know that!
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 03:53 AM
Nov 7

I'm not a fucking COWARD, I WILL STAY AND FIGHT

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