My biggest wish is that everyone realizes that Trump is a symptom not the disease. The disease is greed and the oligarchy spreads it. It will continue to thrive, spread and decimate the US regardless of what happens to Trump. Unless we vote in reps who aren’t afraid to take their money and power.

You’re giving them too much credit. It is much simpler than that. They are doing exactly what their donors want them to do. The donors are the only people that the party cares to placate.

I feel like I'm a Light Side Sith trying to explain to a Jedi how love, hope, and joy are emotions that can fuel the force to a Light Side end and that the Jedi resistance to passion actually limits the connection to the Force.

My hatred of hate keeps me motivated and vigilant. It was a lack of

hypocrites immediately. That isn't to say, however, that love in this case implies tolerance for that hate. It implies tolerance for the person, and any compassion for that hater should motivate us to educate and correct them immediately.

You're looking for something in my ideas that isn't there.

Taking no shit and doing no harm is a fine line. I didn't say I hate haters. I said I hate hate. I stand by that. Hate carries a strength of passion that must be resisted with a greater strength of passion. It's a nuance you may not appreciate, but it's relevant.

Uuuuuhhhhh...

Hating anything is still embracing hate.

You can't love hate, but you can have compassion for a soul who doesn't know anything else.

Must be a miserable life.

I hate hate. I love love. That's my guide.

My tolerance stops at the whole "I have a right to hate <whoever> just because they are <whatever>"

Racists, fascists, haters of any kind get no tolerance from me. I don't consider that hypocrisy, not in the least.

I'm concerned that (D) politicians have just been using bigger person rhetoric to justify inaction in moments when doing their jobs in representing us and being the vanguards of our democracy were orders too tall. The issue ultimately imo is that they're paralyzed by the paradox of intolerance.

How it works... even *if* the bird went extinct, it'd still be on your list, you saw it.
Taken away is most times because the sighting wasn't accepted into the records. You say you saw it, they* say you didn't=taken away.

*record keepers

Bought my seed. Gonna wash feeders today.

She didn't have the money.
JFK did.

I think the first vaccine was going to kill you by Dec 31st. But you got a booster, so it reversed it & you lived. Then you got a couple more Reverse UNO & the virus is so confused you are now safe.
That’s what happened to me, Super-duper Reverse UNO.
We’re safe. Carry on and happy new year.

I’ve had 4 shots and “it” twice. So do I calculate my expiration date from the date of 1st shot or last OR date symptoms began? So confused. Either way I’ve only got about 4 yrs left. Should’ve seriously considered getting my SS early I suppose. Still working at 65… happy new year one and all.