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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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@sa
My wife and I are not celebrating. Feels more like mourning.
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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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@bfg
Iโ€™m really sorry for you ๐Ÿซฃ that beautiful bill is f***ing disastrous steal from those who donโ€™t have much ๐Ÿ™
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Bones
@bones4gold
Love you for speaking up. Sometimes it feels lonely having humanity in our space. Thanks
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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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Trish๐Ÿซง
@trish
Feel this
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thatdamnboy.base.eth
@hitman42.eth
Itโ€™s heartbreaking how familiar this kind of pain feels. Your voice matters whether that essay gets finished or not, this post already says so much.
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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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@bijoux2too
Thank you for speaking on this ๐Ÿ™โ˜ฎ๏ธ๐Ÿฅฒ
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@nounishprof
Hereโ€™s whatโ€™s interestingโ€”the folks with very strong opinions this time last year are very quiet this year. I spend this week up with some fairly right leaning folks and I feel like things are different. They are just very quiet. And no one is defending the BBB.
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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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@evangreenberg
Iโ€™ve been excited for 2028 since 2016
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@sylf
The saying, with a smile, is spot on.
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Nick Hodges
@nickhodges
""We are the United States of America, a free society and a free nation which has been, and continues to be, along with a few other comrades-in-arms like Great Britain, the greatest force for good in the history of the world โ€” even after you deduct our considerable mistakes and shortcomings. Through our ideas, enterprise, and generosity we have done more, in the words of Francis Bacon ..., to relieve man's estate than any other nation or people in human history. To refute this is not a sign of sophistication; it is a sign of ignorance.ย  --ย  Jonah Goldberg
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Jenifer Pepen (SirenAi)
@sirenai
Absolutely โ€ฆ it felt very bizarre yesterday
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@hbeat
Happy July 4th man ๐Ÿ˜‚
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@flemynton
What to celebrate?
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