A friend pointed out that these were your inspirational closing thoughts for your history and politics conversation yesterday, HCR. I thought that I would post them here, in case any of this wonderful community missed them -- as I had.
"Somebody asked me to tell you it's going to be ok. I can't tell you it's going to be ok, because I'm a …
A friend pointed out that these were your inspirational closing thoughts for your history and politics conversation yesterday, HCR. I thought that I would post them here, in case any of this wonderful community missed them -- as I had.
"Somebody asked me to tell you it's going to be ok. I can't tell you it's going to be ok, because I'm a prophet of the past - not of the future. But I can tell you this. What Donald Trump and the Republicans want is for you to think you are not powerful. They want to think it's a done deal. They want you to think you have to do whatever they say. And the truth is they know that they are hideously outnumbered. They would not have to gerrymander the states. They would not have to steal elections. They would not have to suppress the vote. They would not have to pack the Supreme Court if they didn't know that there are far more of us than there are of them.
"I would urge you not to despair at all, but rather to recognize that the future really does belong to us. And when you think about that, and I know everyone is scared, especially since we are all stuck at home, and we can't spend time with people that think like us and all that, but we are really powerful. Just the number of people who follow me on FaceBook alone - we are almost up to a million people, and you all have family members and friends. That right there is a lot of people, and you know we are a good community. And here's the news flash. The people who are trying to take America into an oligarchy, which is what I believe they are doing, are powerful people, and they are gaming the system in a lot of ways, it's true.
"But I promise you, there are not the kind of numbers on their team that there are on those of us who want to see a democracy in which every person is equal before the law, and every person has equality of access to resources and equality of opportunity. THAT is the American dream. And the guy I learned that from was Abraham Lincoln. And I've still got to believe that that is still the vision of America that is going to take us into the future."
~Heather Cox Richardson, History & Politics Chat, 10/27/20
Thank you, Heather, for your deeply grounding perspective, and thank you, Rowshan, for sharing Heather's wise words. I had heard her say them at her chat, but to read them is balm for the soul. Also I can reread them now many times! Most thoughtful of you!!
Thank you! I enjoyed being able to read these words in addition to listening to the chat. Not sure how I would be coping without Heather and this community.
A friend pointed out that these were your inspirational closing thoughts for your history and politics conversation yesterday, HCR. I thought that I would post them here, in case any of this wonderful community missed them -- as I had.
"Somebody asked me to tell you it's going to be ok. I can't tell you it's going to be ok, because I'm a prophet of the past - not of the future. But I can tell you this. What Donald Trump and the Republicans want is for you to think you are not powerful. They want to think it's a done deal. They want you to think you have to do whatever they say. And the truth is they know that they are hideously outnumbered. They would not have to gerrymander the states. They would not have to steal elections. They would not have to suppress the vote. They would not have to pack the Supreme Court if they didn't know that there are far more of us than there are of them.
"I would urge you not to despair at all, but rather to recognize that the future really does belong to us. And when you think about that, and I know everyone is scared, especially since we are all stuck at home, and we can't spend time with people that think like us and all that, but we are really powerful. Just the number of people who follow me on FaceBook alone - we are almost up to a million people, and you all have family members and friends. That right there is a lot of people, and you know we are a good community. And here's the news flash. The people who are trying to take America into an oligarchy, which is what I believe they are doing, are powerful people, and they are gaming the system in a lot of ways, it's true.
"But I promise you, there are not the kind of numbers on their team that there are on those of us who want to see a democracy in which every person is equal before the law, and every person has equality of access to resources and equality of opportunity. THAT is the American dream. And the guy I learned that from was Abraham Lincoln. And I've still got to believe that that is still the vision of America that is going to take us into the future."
~Heather Cox Richardson, History & Politics Chat, 10/27/20
Thank you, Heather, for your deeply grounding perspective, and thank you, Rowshan, for sharing Heather's wise words. I had heard her say them at her chat, but to read them is balm for the soul. Also I can reread them now many times! Most thoughtful of you!!
Yes. Balm for the soul. I also posted on facebook.
Thank You for sharing this Rowshan!!
And THANK YOU Heather💕💕💕💕💞💞💞💞💕💕💕💕
Hear! Hear!
I missed this. Thank you!
Imogene Drummond, Mary Pat Sercu Randall, Joseph Nemeth, LouAnn, and Ellen Massey, I'm so glad that HCR's words touched you, too!
Thank you! I enjoyed being able to read these words in addition to listening to the chat. Not sure how I would be coping without Heather and this community.