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Danica Swanson
@danicaswanson
I rarely write about US politics on the purple app because Reasons, and that's unlikely to change anytime soon. But I will say this much. I hate the Fourth of July, and that's not just because I hate fireworks. This "beautiful" bill that's just been signed? Bleak. It's monstrous cruelty. And the timing heaps it on even thicker. There's an unfinished essay in my files called "USA: The Land of Suffering With a Smile." I set it aside many years ago because I couldn't edit it without sobbing. I revisited it this morning. Still don't know if I can finish it, but today I'm angry enough that I might try.
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Max Jackson
@mxjxn
Thanks for speaking on this. It's a sad day. Wearing black because red white and blue seems inappropriate.
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simon
@sa
My wife and I are not celebrating. Feels more like mourning.
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@bfg
I’m really sorry for you 🫣 that beautiful bill is f***ing disastrous steal from those who don’t have much πŸ™
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Adam
@adam-
I feel for everyone disproportionately effected by this brutal bill. From my experience, it sometimes takes anger to propel me to finish pieces I've sat on for a while as well. If there's any silver lining, I hope it brings you closer to pushing it out into the world.
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Charlie
@mocubed
I agree. And I'd love to read your essay one day.
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Metaphorical
@hyp
We've entered the upside-down world. If they aren't already, soon people will be locked up for saying things that are in the Declaration: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. "
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Bianca
@risoflora
I usually say that we always have a driving force within us that ends up moving us in some way, be it anger, joy or whatever comes. Use your anger to your advantage!
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Evan
@evangreenberg
I’ve been excited for 2028 since 2016
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Trish🫧
@trish
Feel this
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@kristinpiljay
I don't like the 4th of July either. That dream back then, seems dead at this point.
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@hbeat
Happy July 4th man πŸ˜‚
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@flemynton
What to celebrate?
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