Eloquently said, and true enough, but the phrase that just popped into my head was "There are no atheists in foxholes." Now that we -- some of us, anyway -- finally realize that democracy is under serious threat, we're all gung-ho to "save democracy." I've been around long enough to wonder "So we 'save democracy' -- then what?"
Eloquently said, and true enough, but the phrase that just popped into my head was "There are no atheists in foxholes." Now that we -- some of us, anyway -- finally realize that democracy is under serious threat, we're all gung-ho to "save democracy." I've been around long enough to wonder "So we 'save democracy' -- then what?"
What happens to those who survive their foxholes, real or metaphorical? I bet most of them/us go back to being atheists, or agnostics, or at least putting whatever faith got them through on the way back burner. But Trump didn't come out of nowhere. Defeating him in November is only the beginning. Are we up for what comes next?
The real fight never ends. I felt long ago that repubs had “learned a lesson, now I can relax.” How wrong can one be. They just took a breather. Now it’s time for our lethargy to become indefatigable energy in the defense of our freedom.
Ha! I read R4R many decades ago, at a time where elections barely blipped on my radar. This may explain why I don't remember that particular line -- which I 100% agree with now.
Yes, what does a resurrected democracy look like? Suppurative anal fissures and/or defeat at the ballot box might take care of Donald, but his cabal and the magas will still be there.
Exactly! And it's hard to imagine. I was alive, adult, and politically savvy before Reagan got elected, and I still have a hard time. I can't really imagine a scenario where people who are wealthy and/or white and/or well connected don't control the levers of power. That includes those Democrats who are only interested in us around election time. But I'm trying!
Eloquently said, and true enough, but the phrase that just popped into my head was "There are no atheists in foxholes." Now that we -- some of us, anyway -- finally realize that democracy is under serious threat, we're all gung-ho to "save democracy." I've been around long enough to wonder "So we 'save democracy' -- then what?"
What happens to those who survive their foxholes, real or metaphorical? I bet most of them/us go back to being atheists, or agnostics, or at least putting whatever faith got them through on the way back burner. But Trump didn't come out of nowhere. Defeating him in November is only the beginning. Are we up for what comes next?
As Saul Alinsky put it in "Rules for Radicals" for community organizing: "The REAL fight starts AFTER the election!"
The real fight never ends. I felt long ago that repubs had “learned a lesson, now I can relax.” How wrong can one be. They just took a breather. Now it’s time for our lethargy to become indefatigable energy in the defense of our freedom.
Ha! I read R4R many decades ago, at a time where elections barely blipped on my radar. This may explain why I don't remember that particular line -- which I 100% agree with now.
Yes, what does a resurrected democracy look like? Suppurative anal fissures and/or defeat at the ballot box might take care of Donald, but his cabal and the magas will still be there.
Exactly! And it's hard to imagine. I was alive, adult, and politically savvy before Reagan got elected, and I still have a hard time. I can't really imagine a scenario where people who are wealthy and/or white and/or well connected don't control the levers of power. That includes those Democrats who are only interested in us around election time. But I'm trying!