• Sumocat@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    “And don’t tell me I don’t love my country. I love it enough to hold it to account.” — This kid knows the difference between love and infatuation, between patriotism and nationalism.

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      22 hours ago

      “We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way. You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad. Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.” – Al Franken

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        I suppose following this metaphor the actual left, like anarchists, are the people who realize that sometimes people don’t get over their toxic behavior and for those people you have to set strong boundaries and or cut them out of your life. It’s scary leaving someone you’ve known forever but sometimes it really is for the best

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      16 hours ago

      “when you’re messing up, and no one is calling you out for it, then you’re in a very bad place” – Randy pausch, last lecture