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Post by enchanted on Dec 31, 2017 17:30:31 GMT -6
In case it wasn't obvious, I'm hiding in the bathroom from family while we're down in town.
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Post by blurnette989 on Dec 31, 2017 17:35:56 GMT -6
@heartbot It really surprised me at the time. It still does. The woman is a little younger than my parents and they sure as hell don't think that way. I think that's a big thing that we need to remember. Racism is not going to just die out with the baby boomer generation. It is alive and well in younger gens too. We actively have to make people understand it's unacceptable.
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Post by cmb on Dec 31, 2017 17:46:20 GMT -6
I always sort of knew he was racist, but I never knew how bad. That’s sounds awful, like there are different tiers when there’s not, but I never really *saw* it until recently. As someone else just said, it’s not just going to die out with the baby boomers (he’s one). He planted those seeds in my aunts and mother, too, and they grew and were spread. We have to teach our children not to be and help them spread tolerance and acceptance
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Post by jkjacq on Dec 31, 2017 17:59:03 GMT -6
That's another situation where I should have said something, too. I'm starting to realize how many times I've kept my mouth shut and I don't like that. I don't let that shit fly in front of my kids. I shouldn't have let it just because I called them idiots in my head and there weren't kids around. Sometimes the shock of the shit that comes out of people’s mouths is speech stealing
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Post by crunch on Dec 31, 2017 18:06:28 GMT -6
New Years is my least favorite holiday but I’m excited that tomorrow is 2018. I’m really looking forward to some marches in January and getting out the vote before November. I’m hoping some of you Virginia ladies can help me :-)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2017 18:31:38 GMT -6
Obama’s best songs of 2017
cc @nellybluth
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2017 18:33:42 GMT -6
Obama’s best songs of 2017 cc @nellybluth I read this on his Facebook page earlier. I miss him so much.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2017 18:35:21 GMT -6
Man, the things he must know.
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Post by crunch on Dec 31, 2017 18:40:19 GMT -6
Someone on twitter asked when Trump was putting out the list of his favorite books of the year and Joe Walsh responded with... Why are republicans still so obsessed with her? And the response doesn't even make sense.
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Post by dc2london on Dec 31, 2017 18:44:10 GMT -6
Obama’s best songs of 2017 cc @nellybluth @nellybluth Obama loves him some Harry Styles. Hobama is real
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Post by dc2london on Dec 31, 2017 18:45:56 GMT -6
I'm probably going to bed soon bc I'm so ready to have 2017 over, but I wanted to take a moment to say how grateful I am for all of you. On the days when it all just feels like too much, you ladies give me hope that the better instincts of America will ultimately prevail.
Eta and gentleman! Can't forget jukebox!
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Post by crunch on Dec 31, 2017 18:50:50 GMT -6
You guys helped inspire me this year. I am glad to have this place to call home and I really look forward to next year with y'all.
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Post by stringy on Dec 31, 2017 19:20:03 GMT -6
+ whatever to really appreciating all of you. I have learned so much, become much more aware, and hope to help get out the vote and take 2018 back. Never did I ever think I'd be streaming C-Span at work. Seriously.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2017 19:35:04 GMT -6
Man, the things he must know. Seriously. I want to get him drunk and unlock the vault like Elaine in Seinfeld.
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Post by crunch on Dec 31, 2017 19:40:32 GMT -6
I’m laying in bed and just donated to the iron stash. Lol.
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Post by enchanted on Dec 31, 2017 19:43:06 GMT -6
Thank you all for helping me make sense of this past year (as best as can be), for talking me down, ramping me up, and educating me on those things I needed educating.
I hope 2018 brings us the progress we all hope to see. <3
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Post by dc2london on Dec 31, 2017 19:43:28 GMT -6
If anyone is feeling generous this evening, Renato Mariotti is up against a midnight fundraising deadline in his bid for Illinois AG. You might know him as the guy who tweets threads explaining the legal ramifications of breaking news secure.actblue.com/donate/thelast24?refcode=thermometer
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Post by dc2london on Dec 31, 2017 19:43:50 GMT -6
Also, we are going to KICK. ASS. in 2018
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Post by jkjacq on Dec 31, 2017 20:06:44 GMT -6
++ to you all for being smart, informed, and kickass humans. Thank you all.
Here’s hoping 2018 brings some peace and sense in this crazy world
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2017 20:16:34 GMT -6
When I was pregnant with my son, we got asked many times when/if we were going to have another. My response was always we would wait and see if we got to bring a baby home first, but one woman at one of the showers told me that we needed to have more because we needed more white people. Then she and the others who overheard kind of laughed at my shocked look and went on baby showering. I brought it up later with one of the other women and she said it was just a joke because of our city's demographics, but I haven't hung out with the first woman since and keep my distance from a lot of the others. Oh shit. Yeah would not be seeing those people again.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2017 20:19:20 GMT -6
Happy New Year politics friends. Here’s hoping for some good things in 2018. You all are great and I’m glad we have this space.
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Post by dc2london on Dec 31, 2017 20:33:07 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2017 20:37:46 GMT -6
Obama’s best songs of 2017 cc @nellybluth @nellybluth Obama loves him some Harry Styles. Hobama is real i always knew it in my heart
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Post by athn64 on Dec 31, 2017 20:47:48 GMT -6
If anyone is feeling generous this evening, Renato Mariotti is up against a midnight fundraising deadline in his bid for Illinois AG. You might know him as the guy who tweets threads explaining the legal ramifications of breaking news secure.actblue.com/donate/thelast24?refcode=thermometerCan't wait to vote for him!
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Post by athn64 on Dec 31, 2017 20:49:17 GMT -6
Happy almost new year to you ladies! I'm making it my goal to stay active and volunteer to GOTV in IL in 2018.
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Post by jkjacq on Dec 31, 2017 21:34:22 GMT -6
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Post by mb3 on Dec 31, 2017 23:17:21 GMT -6
I'm going to jump on the bandwagon and say thank you all for being such a fabulous group. Back on TCF I was a lurker who liked posts but never posted. It was only after the election and the formation of the politics group that I felt comfortable posting. I had no idea that this would become the first group I check in on each day. You all have given me hope and a community to discuss everything that has happened. Thanks for becoming my message board home. It means so much to me.
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Post by coconutbacon on Jan 1, 2018 6:48:32 GMT -6
dc2london, your son sounds absolutely amazing. Wooo— I love it!
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Post by coconutbacon on Jan 1, 2018 6:56:34 GMT -6
I just want to echo all of the sentiments here about this group. Thank you for allowing me to participate when I can. I’ve learned a lot here, and you all continue to give me hope that yes, we (still) can.
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Post by pianolove on Jan 1, 2018 12:49:52 GMT -6
Just wanted to add my 2 cents in, thank you all for being here and allowing this sort of discussion. I have learned so so much from you even though I have not been around much the last few months. I'm looking forward to some articles of impeachment this year!
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