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☮️(((Michael Welch)))✡️💙 @MichaelWelchAct
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Democracy is fragile. We are not entitled to it. We choose to preserve it or it dies. The clock is 10 seconds to midnight. We are on the verge of losing this country, possibly for good. This is it. Fascism swallows everything eventually. It’s a cancer. I’m afraid. (1/3)
I also see an incredible pocket of humanity emerging from this rubble- the most diverse coalition in human history fighting for human dignity and environmental sustainability. The human potential bubbling just beneath the surface. Powerful. (2/3)
I see it all, and I see it breaking one way or the other. I don’t think it can continue like this.
I’m hopeful. I’m afraid. All hands on deck. Not one person can sit out. Not one. Vote like your life depends on it, because it does. It’s up to us now. WHO. ARE. WE? (3/3)
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OK what just happened to me at the local Whataburger...perfect example of why I don't discuss wild hairy assed conspiracy theories. Let's go into it.

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1/7 This is a really good and thoughtful article. It is also 100% wrong. The fact that tribalism protected vulnerable peoples and cultures in the past isn't a feature that should cause us to defend tribalism today - it should make us skeptical.

quillette.com/2018/06/01/who…
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