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MadameButterfly

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41. Somehow we have to do both

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 04:08 AM

10 hrs ago

Speak out, demonstrate, call our representatives, become activists
AND
get on with out lives. We need to take care of ourselve, be ok to get through to the other side of this.

While what is going on is horrific, we have to be realistic about what we can do. Be creative and ambitious about what we can do. But where we don't have power, giving up our lives in paralyzed horror doesn't accomplish anything.

Keeping ourselves sane and keeping our lives together while not collluding with the enemy counts as resistance, and it matters.

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Somehow we have to do both MadameButterfly 10 hrs ago #41

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that time is coming MadameButterfly 10 hrs ago #42

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