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Hekate

(90,793 posts)
2. I feel like I spent my whole adult life deluded. I turned 21 in 1968 & became a Dem forever...
Thu Oct 20, 2022, 02:39 AM
Oct 2022

I’m a very small player in the grand scheme of things — was a vigorous supporter of Planned Parenthood; spent 13 years on my County’s Affirmative Action Commission; worked hard with the local Vets for Peace against Dubya & his damn war — liaised with all the local groups in putting on town halls and such….

I couldn’t believe it when SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act. Felt absolutely gut-punched when SCOTUS destroyed Roe v. Wade. I couldn't stop crying that day.

I am just out of words. Everything I’ve believed in and worked for... I feel like an ant.

Okay, I’ll catch my breath tomorrow. And you know what? Ants can shift heavy loads. So there is that. It is not over.


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