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The quote from Paine is apt today. We don’t need us citizens to fight and found a democracy but to vote and preserve our democracy.

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Paraphrasing Tom Paine circa 1776 via HCR, "... a rejection not just of King George III but, of all kings" ... HCR words would make a good subheading in JACK SMiTH's Reply to tfg's bogus "Immunity" claim for all crimes. JACK's Reply is due Saturday, 12/30/23 & will make universal common sense no doubt.

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Yes indeed, since orange guys followers used 1776 as their battle cry -

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Somehow cant quite picture those "orange" guys actually doing the physical work that the men in 1776 did, can you?

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Certainly not!

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Indeed that quote is apt today!

I’m printing up the “shoulder to the wheel” paragraph. I’ll tape it to my bathroom mirror so I can read it in the morning and again at night.

Hmm. Maybe I’ll pin it to few boards around town.

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You don't just need to vote... you need to educate.

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You can’t fix stupid but you can out vote it.

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You have a massive uneducated population, Jen. A lot of them are not stupid, just uneducated.

They haven't been taught how to think.

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That's been the plan since 1981. Dumb "education down," and now ban books and gut the Liberal Arts that promote critical thinking.

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Doing sometging about that would be good

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So how? I remember being in James Wright's Martins Ferry, Ohio, and seeing the bumper sticker on his Aunt's storm door: "Readers are Leaders." The video game generation has turned potential readers into button pushers. That seems to be all the red team wants. Good heavens, not people who think!

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Support candidates with time, money, phone banking, whatever you can do. Become a candidate at the local level and use our Democratic platform to implement fair and equal treatments of all. Engage in civil conversations with others about how the Democrats have made their lives better. Point out how bullies and narcissists are never working for the common good but only for themselves.

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