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MayReasonRule

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18. Lol... Yeah... "Kinda"...

Reply to homegirl (Reply #9)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 09:45 PM

Mar 29

With a "the only good fascist is a good fascist spin..."

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Enough Is Enough [View all] MayReasonRule Mar 29 OP

Mighty task. cachukis Mar 29 #1

100% -- Our Freedoms Are Reason Based -- When Delusion Rules Our Freedoms Cease To Exist -- Which Is Why... MayReasonRule Mar 29 #3

Based on the homegirl Mar 29 #9

Had no idea. cachukis Mar 29 #12

Lol... Yeah... "Kinda"... MayReasonRule Mar 29 #18

Nice take on famous saying. It can happen because "what we can change" is fluid & indeterminate until after the event.nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 29 #2

I'm Not Certain I'm Familiar With "The Saying" You've Referenced... It's Intriguing... MayReasonRule Mar 29 #4

I believe they have referenced cksmithy Mar 29 #7

I am thinking that Codifer Mar 29 #8

That's the one. I think it might be older than them but they certainly use it. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 29 #13

It is believed to have originated with Reinhold Niebuhr lastlib Sunday #29

Thanks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #30

So The "Spin" Is "Fuck That And Fuck Fascists Be The Change You Want To See"... MayReasonRule Mar 29 #19

See post 10 FailureToCommunicate Mar 29 #11

Post 8 and post 10 have it. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 29 #16

From AA - the Serenity Prayer Mountain Mule Sunday #28

I know it well. ChazInAz Sunday #33

44 Years - Wow! Mountain Mule Monday #38

Just had my AA Birthday ChazInAz Tuesday #39

So true. cachukis Mar 29 #14

Perfect! NotHardly Mar 29 #5

Well said. 👍 Dave Bowman Mar 29 #6

Even Reinhold Niebuhr would agree that there are times to act, not accept. FailureToCommunicate Mar 29 #10

The difference fluctuates. What we CAN change is sometimes dependent on what HAS changed Bernardo de La Paz Mar 29 #15

Great wisdom. hamsterjill Mar 29 #17

When you're out of power Meowmee Mar 29 #20

Amen & Hallelujah! Cha Mar 29 #21

You have a plan? Hekate Mar 29 #22

My Plan Is To Work Within Arms Reach Of My Ass... MayReasonRule Mar 29 #23

The Serenity Prayer in its entirty. Radical Lutheran Mar 29 #24

Missouri Synod in the house! marble falls Sunday #27

ELCA Lutheran Here Radical Lutheran Thursday #40

We're all reading from the same book. marble falls Thursday #41

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The Serenity Prayer, in its Entirety Radical Lutheran Mar 29 #25

And I've heard that the shortened version of the Serenity Prayers is Marie Marie Mar 29 #26

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