To paraphrase FDR, the only thing we have to fear is fatalism. That’s how bad it is. I am not fatalistic because once you know what a waste of time it is to connect with some types, you can make better decisions about how to put your resources to better use. It’s sad when people prefer to be rotten. It is not your responsibility to chang…
To paraphrase FDR, the only thing we have to fear is fatalism. That’s how bad it is. I am not fatalistic because once you know what a waste of time it is to connect with some types, you can make better decisions about how to put your resources to better use. It’s sad when people prefer to be rotten. It is not your responsibility to change them. They are hopeless. We don’t have to be. Don’t let the losers win by using their definition of terms, heads we win, tails you lose. As we live and breathe, we need to fight off fatalism because that’s their game. What infuriates them is when good people do and say what is right over and over again. Not that anybody is perfect, but they are so consistently wrong. You know this.
I'll go one further and quote Churchill..."We may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to die than to live as slaves."
I will not be dissuaded from doing everything I can to oppose a wannabe autocrat, if only because I believe at the core of my soul that history will judge that standing for democracy and the rights of all individuals -- not just the ones who look like me -- is the side of right.
We're in agreement. I don't accept Charlie's sense of fatalism. Just the opposite - I think the publicizing of Trump's threats and incoherence will spur MORE anti-Trump voters to register and vote.
Trumpers like to say Biden is horrible and wrecking the country, yet they never provide evidence. They claim things were great under trump, but only ever generalize. Trumpers are not critical thinkers. But maybe if trump's threats and incoherence are publicized like you say it will certainly help.
To paraphrase FDR, the only thing we have to fear is fatalism. That’s how bad it is. I am not fatalistic because once you know what a waste of time it is to connect with some types, you can make better decisions about how to put your resources to better use. It’s sad when people prefer to be rotten. It is not your responsibility to change them. They are hopeless. We don’t have to be. Don’t let the losers win by using their definition of terms, heads we win, tails you lose. As we live and breathe, we need to fight off fatalism because that’s their game. What infuriates them is when good people do and say what is right over and over again. Not that anybody is perfect, but they are so consistently wrong. You know this.
I'll go one further and quote Churchill..."We may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to die than to live as slaves."
I will not be dissuaded from doing everything I can to oppose a wannabe autocrat, if only because I believe at the core of my soul that history will judge that standing for democracy and the rights of all individuals -- not just the ones who look like me -- is the side of right.
We're in agreement. I don't accept Charlie's sense of fatalism. Just the opposite - I think the publicizing of Trump's threats and incoherence will spur MORE anti-Trump voters to register and vote.
Trumpers like to say Biden is horrible and wrecking the country, yet they never provide evidence. They claim things were great under trump, but only ever generalize. Trumpers are not critical thinkers. But maybe if trump's threats and incoherence are publicized like you say it will certainly help.