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Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

Baldwin wasn’t writing for the Hallmark aisle. He was warning prophets and cowards alike. Facing reality isn’t glamorous. It’s gritty, humiliating, and holy. The trouble is America would rather binge denial than chew truth. Glad you’re forcing the mirror in front of our face, Marianne. Sometimes salvation starts with an ugly reflection.

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Tala OConnor's avatar

Thank you both, and thank you MW for always staying ahead and breaking things down to what they are. It's going to take all of us standing up to what's happening to turn things back around, of course. I am prayerful and hopeful, and we will.

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Kiki Penn's avatar

I feel like Trump tries to sugar coat everything with his pathetic over usage of adjectives. Making things seem better than they are or being overly dramatic with the use of his negative adjectives.

ADJECTIVES: amazing, beautiful, best, big, brilliant, elegant, fabulous, fantastic, fine, good, great, happy, honest, huge, incredible, nice, outstanding, phenomenal, powerful, precise, major, massive, numerous, sophisticated, special, staggering, strong, substantial, successful, talented, top notch, tough, tremendous, unbelievable, vast

Negative adjectives: boring, complete and total, crooked, disaster, disgusting, dishonest, dopey, dumb, goofy, horrible, not good, obsolete, out of control, overrated, pathetic, ridiculous, rude, sad, scary, stupid, terrible, unfair, weak, worst

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Judy Hipps's avatar

Who is trying to make a regime change? ??? We were already living under Totalitarianism under Biden and prior. Let's see MANDATORY mass vaccination for starters.

https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1956236250035466597?t=yxqV6OY59V5EWMNDYA_17Q&s=09

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Nancy's avatar

We the people like to believe that WE THE PEOPLE do what is good for ALL. Do you think COVID without vax could have ended well. Thank the gods that’s the one and only good thing Trump did. Open your eyes.

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Judy Hipps's avatar

The thing Trump "did right " about the covid shot was NOT make it mandatory. How many do you know that got the shot still got covid. ( More than once or long covid, immune issues...) Did you listen to the audio? Even the first 30 min? ( Mike Benz on the lengths taken to see Trump did not get elected)

https://x.com/DowdEdward/status/1608883874553290753?t=l9OroBCTA_RBrOjC8_cAPA&s=19

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Grace Lawrence's avatar

omg the image you showed for Marianne - you could have done SO much better than that

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