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RetiredParatrooper

(179 posts)
58. Fascists do not give up so easily, as we leaned in 2021
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:57 PM
6 hrs ago

Frederick Douglass:

"Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reforms. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. . .

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its mighty waters.

The struggle may be a moral one or it may be a physical one, or it may both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it never will. Find out just what a people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.

In the light of these ideas, Negroes will be hunted in the North, and held and flogged at in the South so long as they submit to those devilish outrages, and make no resistance, either moral or physical.

Men may not get all they pay for in this world, but they must certainly pay for all they get. If we ever get free from the oppression and wrongs heaped upon us, we must pay for their removal. We must do this by labor, by suffering, by sacrifice, and, if needs be, by our lives and the lives of others."

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Down goes Orban - breaking [View all] malaise 8 hrs ago OP
👏 demmiblue 7 hrs ago #1
Cautiously optimistic.... Jilly_in_VA 7 hrs ago #2
Look at people in the streets malaise 7 hrs ago #5
Orban concession speech on BBC now malaise 7 hrs ago #3
Yay! I did not see this before I posted Easterncedar 7 hrs ago #7
Trump's buddy..... SergeStorms 5 hrs ago #75
This gives me hope for our elections Easterncedar 7 hrs ago #4
80% voter turn is farewell Effer malaise 7 hrs ago #6
I think I will do a little dancing and gloating right now!!! Easterncedar 7 hrs ago #9
Yeah, I see this as making moonscape 6 hrs ago #56
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote 7 hrs ago #8
What a failed trip malaise 7 hrs ago #14
On the contrary. They B.See 7 hrs ago #35
Which one? COL Mustard 6 hrs ago #51
Supermajority was a dream! I can't believe it! AloeVera 7 hrs ago #38
Do you have relatives still there..have you heard anything from them? Deuxcents 6 hrs ago #61
... Solly Mack 7 hrs ago #10
Orban is reported to have conceded LetMyPeopleVote 7 hrs ago #11
Utter humiliation for Slobby, Shady and malaise 7 hrs ago #20
Yes, it's especially sweet! liberalla 7 hrs ago #34
ETTD Danascot 6 hrs ago #48
Lost Syria, lost Hungary, losing the war in Ukraine True Dough 6 hrs ago #60
F**k the fascists! Doodley 7 hrs ago #12
He's done dweller 7 hrs ago #13
I guess sending jaydee to rally for Orban senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #15
this is great news......... Takket 7 hrs ago #16
He promised them economic support malaise 7 hrs ago #18
And his "promises" mean NOTHING. calimary 5 hrs ago #78
The lesson here for all young people malaise 7 hrs ago #19
He can take his EU veto abuse with him. moondust 7 hrs ago #17
It must have been JD's magic touch. Vinca 7 hrs ago #21
or the economic promises from Slobby malaise 7 hrs ago #23
This! Blue_Roses 2 hrs ago #96
He had no reason to say a word malaise 1 hr ago #98
Trump didn't seeit coming Blue_Roses 1 hr ago #99
That is some bubble malaise 1 hr ago #100
He batted those eyelined lashes and the people said spooky3 6 hrs ago #43
LOL malaise 5 hrs ago #70
Great news! I was worried GoCubsGo 7 hrs ago #22
WATCH: Here's Viktor Orbn conceding defeat! LetMyPeopleVote 7 hrs ago #24
Thanks malaise 7 hrs ago #27
Hats off to Orban Charmin One 7 hrs ago #25
Probably due in part to being in the EU? thought crime 3 hrs ago #92
Thank fuck. róisín_dubh 7 hrs ago #26
Now you CAN? Or "can't"? ColoringFool 6 hrs ago #42
Finally. dalton99a 7 hrs ago #28
Pity Team Donald when indictments start flying! Vogon_Glory 7 hrs ago #29
Time to celebrate! callous taoboy 7 hrs ago #30
Hungary chooses Europe (over Russia) LSparkle 7 hrs ago #31
Would LOVE to see the Turks get rid of Erdogan DinahMoeHum 6 hrs ago #57
Another good country that needs new management! LSparkle 6 hrs ago #62
!!!!!!!! Starbeach 7 hrs ago #32
Vance goes home with 2 losses tonight! mikewv 7 hrs ago #33
He's the gift that keeps on B.See 7 hrs ago #37
Go home to Russia DoBW 7 hrs ago #36
Looks like Cpl. Vance also turns things to shit! Crowman2009 7 hrs ago #39
👍! VP💩 ! ColoringFool 6 hrs ago #41
Goodbye Piggy orangecrush 6 hrs ago #40
First post I read this morning canetoad 6 hrs ago #44
The landslide speaks volumes malaise 6 hrs ago #47
Somewhere a fat miserable fuck is sucking it Blue Owl 6 hrs ago #45
Woo Hoo! BeneteauBum 6 hrs ago #46
The ketchup's gonna hit the fan. Good job, James Donald. BHDem53 6 hrs ago #49
Maygar speaking now malaise 6 hrs ago #50
How much did it cost the US to send JD to Hungary to Sneederbunk 6 hrs ago #52
So the Putin/Trump ticket is a LOSER again! nt Callie1979 6 hrs ago #53
This needs to be played up as death to fascism oldmanlynn 6 hrs ago #54
We don't yhet know if Mfgyar is going to reverse Warpy 6 hrs ago #55
Fascists do not give up so easily, as we leaned in 2021 RetiredParatrooper 6 hrs ago #58
Fingers crossed. Martin68 6 hrs ago #59
When the reins are formally and completely transferred lonely bird 6 hrs ago #63
Are you watching the 10s of thousands in the streets malaise 6 hrs ago #64
Awesome - I don't allow myself to hope very much any more . . . . hatrack 6 hrs ago #65
Woohoo!!! iluvtennis 6 hrs ago #66
Trump must be tired of winning!!!! Swede 6 hrs ago #67
Congrats to Hungarian citizens peggysue2 5 hrs ago #68
I am rolling over here! OldBaldy1701E 5 hrs ago #69
yes! samsingh 5 hrs ago #71
A ray of hope. yellow dahlia 5 hrs ago #72
And voter turnout was huge! malaise 5 hrs ago #73
Yes! yellow dahlia 5 hrs ago #74
Next!!!!!!????!!!! NNadir 5 hrs ago #76
With over 95% of the votes in Magyar projected to win a supermajority of 137 seats. Ellipsis 5 hrs ago #77
Not Orban - Magyar malaise 5 hrs ago #80
Oops. fixed. Ellipsis 2 hrs ago #95
Zelenskyy won this one. That's who Orban was running against. His face was literally plastered over the whole country. Crunchy Frog 5 hrs ago #79
A concession? No claims of voting fraud? No insurrection mob? TomSlick 5 hrs ago #81
We need to win a super majority, too. thought crime 3 hrs ago #91
The republic surviving to 2028 will be no mean feat. TomSlick 3 hrs ago #93
Great news! Passages 5 hrs ago #82
Yay! Way to go Hungary! SheltieLover 5 hrs ago #83
Nice report malaise 3 hrs ago #85
Ty! SheltieLover 3 hrs ago #86
I love that he quoted JFK! 💖 No doubt a dig at pootin & tsf SheltieLover 3 hrs ago #87
Another one bites the dust! GreenWave 4 hrs ago #84
Not a peep from Slobby, Shady or malaise 3 hrs ago #88
It's encouraging news, but I won't rejoice just yet. Morbius 3 hrs ago #89
Wonderful news! mvd 3 hrs ago #90
Played Bowie's "Heroes ", as soon as I read this! MerryBlooms 3 hrs ago #94
Excited for Hungary! SamuelAdams 1 hr ago #97
Good damn riddance! 😀 Dave Bowman 1 hr ago #101
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