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There is an easy and productive way to get out of the outrage loop: Get busy doing your part to save democracy.
I just happen to have a list here (recently updated):
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One">https://terikanefield-blog.com/things-to... way of understanding despair is that it comes from entitlement.
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I just happen to have a list here (recently updated):
https://terikanefield-blog.com/things-to-do/
One">https://terikanefield-blog.com/things-to... way of understanding despair is that it comes from entitlement.
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People born after 1954 (the year Brown v. Board was decided) inherited an expanding liberal democracy, by which I mean 
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The great liberal heroes (Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall) did some heavy lifting.
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The great liberal heroes (Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall) did some heavy lifting.
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They dedicated their lives, and many risked death.
Sometimes when people inherit something, they feel they are entitled to it. They don& #39;t think they have to work for it. They think it was there when they were born, so it& #39;s theirs.
Democracy doesn& #39;t work like that.
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Sometimes when people inherit something, they feel they are entitled to it. They don& #39;t think they have to work for it. They think it was there when they were born, so it& #39;s theirs.
Democracy doesn& #39;t work like that.
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A little history teaches us that there have been powerful forces working against democracy since the beginning.
The reason MLK, Jr. and others were heroes is because they were up against a dangerous enemy.
Some people don& #39;t like democracy. . .
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The reason MLK, Jr. and others were heroes is because they were up against a dangerous enemy.
Some people don& #39;t like democracy. . .
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Actually, more people than you realize. Anyone who wants instant results like right-this-minute major changes doesn& #39;t really like democracy because a system of checks-and-balances isn& #39;t intended to work that way.
Democracy is frustrating because you have to compromise. . .
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Democracy is frustrating because you have to compromise. . .
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. . . and you don& #39;t always get your way.
The battle has to be won in each generation. We& #39;re in it now.
Volunteering does more than save democracy. It can help save your sanity by keeping you busy and lifting you out of the daily outrage news cycle.
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The battle has to be won in each generation. We& #39;re in it now.
Volunteering does more than save democracy. It can help save your sanity by keeping you busy and lifting you out of the daily outrage news cycle.
https://terikanefield-blog.com/things-to-do/
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