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Thank you. I needed this. I hadn't even realized it was bringing up the trauma of 2016. I remember being in shock for weeks - and I've probably never really processed that.

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You're welcome! Glad I'm not alone. Yes, I remember it feeling so surreal.

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Good post no matter what side of the political spectrum we favor. Free speech and discussion are always great but the possibilities are so restricted right now. The harms are evident. Yes maintaining sanity and common sense in the face of this are difficult. But for those of us who can manage it nothing is more important.

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Agreed and thanks for commenting.

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Thanks for this. I needed to be reminded of all the other ways change and community happen besides elections.

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You're welcome! I think many of the other types of change are subtle and complex and hard to quantify, which makes them harder to see. Thanks for commenting!

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I’m telling Randy you don’t take the paper!

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He is aware.

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Frightening yet comical. As Abe Lincoln said, "If I did not laugh, I would cry." Take Georgia, for instance . . .

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Or sometimes laughing and crying at the same time.

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