Saturday, November 9, 2024

Rebecca Solnit

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
~GK Chesterson


Do you read The Guardian? It is pretty great. Here's an excerpt of a piece by Rebecca Solnit, who is also pretty great:
There are other kinds of resistance that mean making your own life and your own mind an independent republic in which the pursuit of truth, human rights, kindness and empathy, the preservation of history and memory, of being an example of someone living by values other than the values – if they deserve such a term – of the cruelty, greed, and dishonesty of Donald Trump and the circle around him. This does not overthrow the regime, but it does mean being someone who has not been conquered by it, and it invites others who have not been or who can throw off the shackles to join you.

Finding community, and building and strengthening relationships, with people you trust and agree with about these moral and political issues is also important; it will strengthen you and give you people to act with when it is time to act.

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