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10 Nov, 3 tweets, 2 min read
1. This election hit me differently this time.

On 9Nov1989 the Berlin Wall came down forever!

31 years now!

I served behind the Berlin Wall for a short time in 1988.

It was an eye-opening experience for a young PFC from a small town in NC.

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2. I have many amazing stories and life changing events from working behind the wall.

But, I also saw what leaders like Trump can do to people.

I saw the damage first hand.

I saw how dictators destroy families.

I saw what we were heading for & it wasn't good.

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3. But, one thing which stuck with me, during this long four-year battle, is that nothing bad lasts forever as long as good people keep speaking up and fighting for justice!

The people behind the Berlin Wall were hopeful and they never stopped fighting & neither will we.

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@matthewjdowd 1. I'm white & I'm sick of white men trying to erase the hard work of black women.

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If it was a white man who did this, you would be calling for a statue to be built in his name!
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When I wanted to do something fun, black women were organizing.

When I was tired, black women were energized!

Fuck your "we all did it" - Black women saved this country & you better never forget it.
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1. To everyone! 🔥 I really need your help!! 🔥

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1. I explained, to a R, how treating employees w/ respect, providing a living wage & medical insurance, & other family/work balance benefits keeps employee satisfaction higher & decrease the churn of retraining new employees = saving money.

He said I sounded like Karl Marx.
2. Of course, the dig that I sound like Karl Marx was to insinuate that my "liberal ideas" were purely socialist or communist in nature. -
When I pointed out to him that my Republican father taught me these employee values while we worked the farm the guy had nothing to say.
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1. #Thread

🔥This week's episode of @BullCBS was a gaslighter to the max (pun intended)

- Marissa's husband cheated on her yrs ago
- Yrs later, when they remarried, he made certain promises to earn her trust again.

#RT - #Gaslighting - @Go_Carr_Go
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- He did not keep the promises he made
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#Gaslighting - @Go_Carr_Go
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1. My heart breaks for our country. What's worse is I knew this was coming for my entire life. How? I was forced to become one of them for 3 yrs.
I was a "Soldier of God" to take down the civil rights of the 50s & liberal rights of the 60s. -- Ask me anything about that plan.
2. I'll start off:
Q. What are the basic teachings in a far-right fundamentalist school (cult)?
A. Rich white healthy straight men are blessed by God to lead this nation. Everyone else must serve God by serving these leaders. Laws are created to support the leaders & empires.
3. Q. What is the basic fight? Why do they not help those who are suffering?
A. To them suffering on Earth is only temporary. If they hurt others to fulfill the plan, then it's God's will. The only way a person can stop hurting is to turn to God to go to heaven & suffer no more.
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