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Re: "Everyone is on a crusade"
My times weren't, probably, your times. 1975, November the 20th, General Francisco Franco Bahamonde died, leaving a young inexperienced king at the helm, one expected to pass briefly into oblivion. Spain was, of course, doomed to yet another period of strife, perhaps into a civil war. We lost one million people in the last one, in 3 years of conflict limited to a single, medium sized nation.
And yet, what it transpired is that people wanted Peace and Freedom, in that precise order. Our teachers didn't know what democracy was or could be. In any case, we Spaniards were a lost cause for democracy, too unruly.
There were a few storms gathering too... cotinued on Yretek
2023-12-01 · 4 months ago
I know this post is old but I am in the middle of getting got, by this exact thing.
gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/discuss/13406
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I am on the edge or past the edge on un-ironically doing the thing that OP is talking about, let me know If I should delete this comment and I gochu
@bumpsh are you though? if someone had come up to you out of the blue without invitation and pushed a political agenda then I would agree. however you posted a political take/opinion on a discussion board and now people are discussing it.
@corscada many of them are discussing things that where not even said and are not true, such as me wanting genocide, or the guy in the link being terrible.
that thread is to discuss antenna blocking someone for politics not specific politics or whatever they *feel* I think.
Everyone is on a crusade — Everyone is on a crusade nowadays and I need to vent. I'll leave examples out in order to stay an anonymous Internet dog. Whatever you do to keep away from getting involved and from taking sides, sooner or later someone will extend his agenda into your life. Most of the time it is not much of an interference. Nevertheless it slowly ads up to the straw that breaks the camel's back. Even if I agree with your particular agenda, my life is not centered on your...