Agreed. Besides voting the fuckers out .. how? Marching/Protests doesn't do shit... Calling reps, nope doesn't matter. What do we do? I understand now what my grandmother meant when she said she felt helpless most times. I am German and my grandmother was born on 1921 so you know.
However, she did hide several of her Jewish friends and resisted as much as she could without getting killed. But what else ?
My brother .... You already know how this ends, don't you. Just admit it. Say it. Now
No I don't follow. Sorry.
You cannot appeal to a violent person with peace. A warrior in a garden is worth a thousand gardeners in a war.
I think he means taking up arms
Ah ok. Well you know us Germans don't get riddles . Just gotta spit it out. Lol
I have only ever heard a similar comment to this from a fellow chef who, as it happens, was German. So that tracks. He was very serious all the time. A stoic, of sorts, but only at work.
Lol yep that's us. Logic and serious above all else. I saw you are a chef. My husband is a retired chef. Went to culinary art school in Clearwater. I don't cook! I left Germany at 19 and my grandmother always shushed me out of the kitchen so I never got the gift. Good thing he knows how to cook.
Your grandmother grew up with misogyny from what I can tell. Do not ever let that happen to you. If you want to learn something, avoid ALL the people who say you can't. Blessed be
Yes. And the same blessing to you.
On a long enough timeline in a time of outright war against human decency, did you REALLY think that sitting on the sidelines would earn you peace somehow when your oppressors are hell bent on killing you? .....really!?
This should not translate as: Attack people you think are your oppressors. IT SHOULD TRANSLATE AS: If you are incapable of rising up when your life is threatened, you are no better than your oppressors and in fact, may sympathize with or be a member of your oppressors.
Or as the post-ww2 Germans would say: If there are three Nazis sitting at a table and another person sits down with them, you have four Nazis at the table.
It's true and I wouldn't either. I cut family and friends out already. Fuck that.
Never have to apologize to your kids or grandkids. Wise.
Well, I would never sit down with a nazi, soooo….
But would you stand up if you saw it happen in front of you? Or would you and your SO discreetly exit the establishment without confrontation?
Dude, my wife is Asian…if ICE tried to nab her, it would get real ugly, real quick
TBH amd IMO, it most likely will come to that at some point.
Its there NOW, my doodie. Are you paying attention or are you a sideliner/centrist?
Nope we are not centrists. Let's not verbally attack like-minded.
What I have said is not a verbal attack, it's a very important morality and ethics check for my friends.
Ok thanks 🤗
Fair enough
1.I am paying attention 2. I am neither…what I am is a moderately arthritic 62 yr old
Lol Barry. I will have to remember this and say the same except I am a bit younger. Not much but a few years
Good. Then you are in the right place. Well, a leftist's space, but a good space. ;)
Violence against you is solved by what reprisal?