We are Human

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The nation just completed its celebration of 241 years since the Declaration of Independence was first published. Some celebrated in their usual manner, with picnics and fireworks, but many of us did not feel very celebratory. I would like to share this post from fellow-blogger Robert Goldstein, as it is short and goes straight to the point, to the reason that some of us feel there isn’t much to celebrate in this holiday. Thank you, Rob, for a post so full of feeling, a post to which many of us can relate. And thank you for permission to share.

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36 thoughts on “We are Human”

  1. They will fall Jill.
    A house divided against itself cannot stand, they are the ones doing the dividing; they are the one who will fall.
    This may not wait until the mid-terms

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    • The divisiveness was one thing, the anger … but what is happening now is frightening me. It’s depression in so many. I have friends, including H, who are so depressed that they cannot smile. I understand it, for it hits me also, but my writing is my salvation. And I cannot tell you how many posts both here on WordPress and also Facebook that expressed similar feelings as Rob does here. People seem to be giving up. Not everybody, of course, but far too many.
      I would love to see something happen before the mid-terms, and the House democrats have written a bill that has the support, so far, of about 25 people to use the 25th amendment to force him to step down, then undergo physical and mental evaluations, before he could return to office. But … it is a lost cause, as VP Mike Pence and a majority of the cabinet would have to agree … and it won’t happen. So, unless this Russian investigation by Bob Mueller turns up some irrefutable evidence that Trump committed an impeachable crime, it looks like the mid-terms are the next best hope, and some say even that … sigh.

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      • Hi Jill.
        I understand that, the shock 1992 Conservative Election left me so gutted I couldn’t listen to the news for days. Brexit left me spitting angry. I rarely listen to UK comics these days, for some reason they annoy me- irrational of course, heritage of too many years fighting to keep it all together.
        This is a sort 1$ evaluation, so it comes with a quality warning, but this is how things seem from the outside.
        I think for a great number of folk this is the first time they have ever encountered an administration which is running aggressively counter to their lives. African Americans, Native Americans and Latino peoples may be a measure more fatalistic; they’ve been here before, albeit at the lower stratas of govt. We in Europe have seen it all, all too often, as have the myriad of peoples throughout the world.
        It is a difficult thing to deal with, the outrage, the sense of injustice (he lost the damn vote in numbers for Pity’s Sake!), the seeming feeling of helplessness. These are indeed times which test the soul.
        To fight these feelings and to fight back is a hard call; indeed a testing of souls. Each who can feel the urge to fight back can try to get friends and family brought low to start with small actions; a letter to a congress rep make seem a bit pointless but it gets a person in the mood. The small defiant acts, helping minority people, the cool rebuttal of some hateful statement. The build up to the feeling that ‘this is my country too’.
        It’s a tough call. Support those who are fighting, if nothing else.
        Best wishes to True Americans

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        • Yes, your evaluation was well worth the $1 ! And you are so right about all of it. I will keep fighting because … in a weird sense, it calms the rage in me. When I sit down, collect my thoughts, do the research and pound the keys, at least I feel I am doing what I can. I cannot travel ’round the country marching in protests, though I probably would if I could. But I can make my voice heard, and somehow that is a good thing, I think. And, I do a bit of mischief here and there 🙂 Fr’instance, we usually go to Barnes & Noble on a Saturday afternoon just to hang out, check out what’s new, read and sip a coffee for an hour or two. There is a display of large, coffee table books, where a large glossy book about Trump, with his ugly picture right on the front, is prominently displayed. Every Saturday, I quietly turn those books around so that his picture does not show, then I cover them with another large glossy book, this one with Obama on the cover! Yes, I’m sure it makes work for somebody, but not too much, and I rather enjoy my little bit of mischief! 😉

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          • Bravo Jill! 👏👏👏.
            That’s exactly the kind of small step to encourage. Imagine if everyone did that at every Barnes and Nobles shop.
            I go into book shops or libraries and turn books upside down or back to front.
            Everyone do what they can how best they can! 👍

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              • This is very true.
                My febrile mind is not a great fan of Reality, but a few teaspoonfuls a day stops me from turning into one of ‘those’ (we have them in the UK and sad to say their mirror imagine versions on the Left are just as bad)

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                • Your mind, my friend, is anything BUT febrile! But you raise an interesting point about the “mirror image versions on the left”. I wonder sometimes, in my rants and writing about such things as the abominable health care bill, civil rights injustices … I wonder if I am as rigid, as inflexible as those on the far right? It would be an easy trap to fall into, I think. And I think I am right about it all, that we should not discriminate against people based on racial biases, that we should take care of our poor, etc., but … the right think they are right also, I suppose. I call them lemmings and lunkheads, they call me a nutcase and snowflake … and where, really, does all of this get us? Sigh. Just a bit of searching my conscience tonight, I suppose. One should, every now and then. But, bottom line is that I’ll keep writing as I do, for it is still what I believe is right.

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                  • It is a difficult road to take Jill and easy to fall into the conflict approach, that’s human nature. It’s one of the reasons I back off from these days as I can go toxic very quickly.
                    This I do know; History teaches us that any conflict based on race, or religion is dooming the side who started it to destruction. There is no racial supremacy only delusion.
                    I have to concentrate on my fiction these days, the anger and verbal violence which simmers I fear would scare the horses.
                    Keep on keeping on Jill.

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                    • Yes, I think perhaps we should all take a few steps back … it has become … explosive. Return to your writing, Roger, and keep your sanity, for your mind and its bounce must be protected … you keep ME sane!

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                    • Wow I just posted something on ‘Life After Pizzagate’
                      I will endeavour to carry out your wishes dear lady (just getting in Fantasy/ Humour History Genre mode)
                      Meanwhile our delegated legal leaders of the UK & the USA are getting on famously…whoopee, we can sell the USA lotsa…errr..things? But only when the USA knows what The UK will selling to Europe, which has to be negotiated. So we can’t sell the USA nuthin’ new yet…Unless we find a ship or two and then on a foggy night we can smuggle into Boston Harbour with a big cargo of Tea (and Hairpieces)!
                      Ah gladsome times! Camelot will arise once more! Sir Francis Drake will paddle up and down the coast of Spain setting fire to beards. And noble Englishmen will row the oceans discovering Australia, India, China, etc. Hurrah! Three Cheers for Her Majesty, etc.

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                    • Oh my!!! History repeats itself, eh Roger? 😀 😀 😀 And as re: the UK selling ‘things’ to the US … just remember that only 1% of us can afford to buy those ‘things’, so that may not be as much of a boon as Ms. May is hoping! And note that Trump & Putin also seem to have gotten along famously! Surprise, huh? Welcome to the United States of Russia … or perhaps together they can re-build the old USSR and we can become a part of that! Grrrr … and meanwhile, Ivanka can cozy up to the bar with the big boys. Why oh why did they let Trump out of the country? I was so hoping he would come down with a severe case of strep throat or something! 🙂

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                    • He would NEVER understand it … I don’t think he would even be able to read the words! Most agreed that somebody would have to read Dr. Seuss to him … he surely won’t get Orwell! 😀 Cliff Notes?

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                    • Blame the government! We always do in the UK, and right now it’s sssooo easy on both sides of the Atlantic 😉 😊.
                      Speaking of sleep…..it’s 11.05(ish) pm in the UK, so I guess I had better amble off to bed (buzzy day tomorrow- getting ready for a week’s holiday)

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                    • Yes, we usually blame the government too, but in this case, I think the late nights of the past two weeks have caught up with me and I can only blame myself!

                      A week’s holiday! How wonderful! I hope you have a great time … going someplace special? I shall miss you, but you enjoy every minute of it! You’ve earned it.

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                    • Thanks so much Jill.
                      Yes we’ll be off to a little rural spot in, Trefriw North Wales..
                      Not too sure if there is a WiFi signal, but we’ll be taking or laptops, if only to catch up on our different writing projects (I have three on the go + one e-mail to a UK political site and at least three blog posts which need ‘getting’ out there… all good fun)

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                    • Of course you know I had to Google the un-pronounceable Trefriw! What a charming village! And to be so tiny, with less than 1,000 residents, the village sure does have a lot of history! I can see why you are going there … and they even have legendary faeries … who could ask for more. It looks lovely and peaceful. I hope you have a great week! I almost hope you don’t have WiFi, for then you will relax more. 🙂

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                    • Thanks Jill.
                      Yeh, we’re looking forward to it. Just our sort of place. If we meet any pixies or faeries I’ll be sure to pass on your best wishes. 🙂

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