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In response to "You can be passionate and amazing and brave and also wrong." by Reagen

they're not wrong, they're just unrealistic.

Posted by colin 🤏 (aka colinski) Nov 20 '20, 09:37

the idealism of youth is their biggest strength and enemy. i know this country is fucked, nothing is going to change even if we had a super-majority of democrats in the senate. they still think we can have a world.

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Funny, I see the opposite. I think this generation (which I see through my kids) is somewhat nihilistic. They think nothing will change so they - pmb Nov 20, 09:40 9
- we protested here hard.. state went into special session. state's response was to give all cops a bonus. that's it. hard to not be angry at dems. - colin 🤏 Nov 20, 09:44 6
  - Change happens over time, not all at once. Ever. The work continues. I get the disappointment, but change can still happen. Just "fixing it" will - pmb Nov 20, 09:49 5
    - Case in point: civil rights movement still is a work in progress. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 20, 10:08
    - Change takes a long time to happen at all once, is they way I like to think of it. -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 10:06
    - i certainly get that, but i'm not going to tell activists to tone down their language for the sake of elected officials having an easier time. -- nm - colin 🤏 Nov 20, 09:51 2
      - I get that, but there comes wisdom with age that can be appreciated, even if it doesn't start with the leaders. Maybe you bring signs with a clearer - pmb Nov 20, 10:00 1
        
        they'll eventually transition into more action-based work.. this is just where they are now. the older activists are heavily involved in weed - colin 🤏 Nov 20, 10:08
- Yes. More people need to adopt the Andy Dufresne method. Write a letter a week (metaphorically speaking) until there's some attempt at appeasement ... - Beryllium Nov 20, 09:44 1
  - More people who are giving up, not the people who are already doing stuff, I mean. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 09:50

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they're not wrong, they're just unrealistic.

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