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Saturday’s WSJ reviewed a book, Red Memory by Tania Branigan. It deals with the survivors of China’s cultural revolution. Survivors include citizens persecuted and tortured for criticizing Mao, as well as the good citizens who turned in their neighbors and relatives to the young communist enforcers who meted out punishment. One incident in particular relates how a son turned in his mother,who is now an old man and relives what he did everyday.
Just remember to use the correct pronoun and you should be ok.
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I just ordered Solzhenitsyn's book. Should have read it long ago.
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Be strong, be of good courage.
God bless America, long live the Republic.
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I read The Gulag Archipelago when it first came out. It should be required reading in high schools and universities.
As frightening as things are now, I know allegedly reasonable people who wish to take AR 15's and other weapons from the law abiding. The Second Amendment, well explained in Federalist 28 and 29, was included because the authors knew that Trippy Biden, Schmuck Tumor, Nazi Pelosi, Adam Schiffhead, Chief Spreading Bull and Bernie Stalin would come along. If the appeasers plan is to be on the last train to the gulag, they will still wind up in the gulag.
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“you follow the Babylon Bee” [quote from above linked article]
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I’m fooked.
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“you follow the Babylon Bee” [quote from above linked article]
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I’m fooked. Hook line and sinker!!! What a dope!
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We forget (or ignore) Niemöller’s post-war words at our peril.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
—Martin Niemöller
(Happy to let Niemoller’s insight gained though experience stand alone.)
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I recently heard a young woman criticize capitalism for giving us a life filled with work that limited our time to enjoy ourselves. I couldn't help but wonder how she had come to such a conclusion, having certainly examined all other economic systems and the history of the world.
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Life is hard, it's even harder if you're stupid....not Aristotle either. Forgive me but I don't find Bing Chat AI to be all that credible a source.
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