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freshwest

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2. It's disheartening. On a personal level, there's little difference. Sometimes, it's scary:
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 08:38 AM
Apr 2012
What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?

Kahlil Gibran

But then I remember this from Anonymous:

The ones you are noticing are more terrified than anything else. They are lashing out because they are comfortable; and to acknowledge what is happening is a threat to that comfort. Ignore them, for they are not the voices that will rise in the coming days, months and years. They are not the voices of our collected humanity. They are the old voices of fear and impotence.

Look forward to seeing those posts.

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