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cbabe

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2. Inslee is calling out those with ability to resist:

Reply to FirstLight (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 01:11 PM

Apr 29

‘Unfortunately, we are not seeing the necessary courage, not in the east, not in the west, not in large law firms, not in boardrooms, not in school district superintendents, not in chambers of commerce. The silence is deafening.‘

Ps I’ve also reached out to organizations to no avail. Try everything including chalking sidewalks and community meetings and phone calls and grocery store line chats. Every bit helps.

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Why is the US sleeping as autocracy approaches?/Jay Inslee [View all] cbabe Apr 29 OP

What some might see as passivity can also be understood as survival... FirstLight Apr 29 #1

Inslee is calling out those with ability to resist: cbabe Apr 29 #2

I definitely do my own form of protest & resistance where I can! FirstLight Apr 29 #4

I'm not as likely to JustAnotherGen Apr 29 #3

some of us have been well aware, and for some time now Skittles Apr 29 #5

Combine that dominance with Democrats unable to articulate a clear message. lees1975 Apr 30 #6

it's I think new leadership for Dems is WAY OVERDUE Skittles Apr 30 #8

"But this wholesale timidity and collapse must be considered rank appeasement at best, modest complicity at worst." lees1975 Apr 30 #7