I am on the margins, but this is a big tent, right?

I've been told here
about equally many times,
that this is a big tent,
as I've been invited to leave.

At least I know I'm not preaching to the choir,
and I have a few allies here

buy fuck-all you don't need

that was the conclusion reached in this thread
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19999994

and before anyone complains check MLK Jr's 5th commitment
"Sacrifice personal wishes in order that all [people] might be free."

a lot of us will have no choice,
I wanted to get my guitar fixed

from the moment I heard of it, I never trusted Amazon

if we get through this, I hope we come out the other side as less suckers for convenience

AOC is one of the YOUNGEST members of congress and she is FIRE

and until I saw the clip of LaMonica McIver
AOC was about the only prominent Democrat I saw saying anything that needs to be said

nuff said

MORE BLACKS. MORE DOGS. MORE IRISH. a better way to live

Black Women saying what needs to be said

"US rep LaMonica McIver: "Goddamn it...[w]e are at war!"

https://bsky.app/profile/youranoncentral.bsky.social/post/3lhfbiwu46c2e

how to respond to flaming in your OP: a lesson I learned recently

after getting banished from my own fight,
I realized maybe the best way to respond is
"thanks for the kick "

I was telling a friend who fell into TikTok

- and before anyone responds,
I respectfully request you seriously consider your response if you're not Black,
and before anyone assumes my friend's age, they are 54 years old -
that my major problem with TikTok and why I never made an account,
is that I think it and things like it are wrecking our collective attention span.
One of their defenses was "the revolution is being televised on TIkTok"
I said, "Maybe you don't really understand that song."
I couldn't explain why, but it felt wrong to me for them to put that song in that context.
I still can't explain why. And I'm not sure myself that I really understand the song

FInally AOC's sharing from the other day has arrived at not-xitter

no shade to the person who shared from there before
thank you for bringing it to my attention.
and anyone who didn't see it yet,
it's good

a word about solidarity

the other day I stuck my neck out for young people here.
Some assumptions were made about me.
Don't get it twisted, I am not young.
But it was assumed that I am in a few cases.
Why?
Why did no one ask how old I am?
Is it a lack of imagination and/or a lack of understanding of solidarity?