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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5244888" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>I think taking this stuff too seriously has robbed me of precious time late in my life.&nbsp; Do my civic duty and vote.&nbsp; Watch and read a few things.&nbsp; But I&#039;m trying to stop worrying about all the what ifs.&nbsp; Don&#039;t want to treat everyone as a potential adversary until they prove they&#039;re in line with what I support.&nbsp; I liked Ronald Reagan when I was in my 20&#039;s but didn&#039;t start really following politics until the &#039;92 election when I was 30.&nbsp; In these last 30 years I have seen dire predictions from both sides as to what would happen to the country if the other side gets in power.&nbsp; Until last year I haven&#039;t truly seen the country come apart at the seams because of an administration&#039;s policies.&nbsp; So yeah, I do worry about our future.&nbsp; But it&#039;s my life too and at best I have another 25 years but more likely 15-20 years.&nbsp; So I hope to do a few things before leaving or get too decrepit.&nbsp; Screw the woke mob.&nbsp; Screw people who are insensitive to the pain being suffered in far away places and down the street.&nbsp; These people are never going to change and it&#039;s spitting into the wind trying to make them see otherwise.&nbsp; As long as I&#039;ve been alive there have been people who think this country can do no wrong as well as those who think it can do no right.&nbsp; My skin color gets me judged before I even open my mouth.&nbsp; Same with my economic status.&nbsp; Life is short, too short to waste on the judgemental.&nbsp; &quot;Do unto others as you would have them do unto you&quot; is as profound now as when Jesus said it but is often unheeded.&nbsp; And as I&#039;m not perfect I constantly have to remind myself not to be like those I just mentioned and too many times come up short.&nbsp; But I do know I no longer have most of my life ahead of me.&nbsp; Don&#039;t want to miss what&#039;s important focusing on what isn&#039;t.&nbsp; And two groups fighting over who controls the money and pushing conspiracy theories about the other group to get votes ultimately isn&#039;t important.&nbsp; When I&#039;m gone it&#039;ll still happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5244888, member: 24302"] I think taking this stuff too seriously has robbed me of precious time late in my life. Do my civic duty and vote. Watch and read a few things. But I'm trying to stop worrying about all the what ifs. Don't want to treat everyone as a potential adversary until they prove they're in line with what I support. I liked Ronald Reagan when I was in my 20's but didn't start really following politics until the '92 election when I was 30. In these last 30 years I have seen dire predictions from both sides as to what would happen to the country if the other side gets in power. Until last year I haven't truly seen the country come apart at the seams because of an administration's policies. So yeah, I do worry about our future. But it's my life too and at best I have another 25 years but more likely 15-20 years. So I hope to do a few things before leaving or get too decrepit. Screw the woke mob. Screw people who are insensitive to the pain being suffered in far away places and down the street. These people are never going to change and it's spitting into the wind trying to make them see otherwise. As long as I've been alive there have been people who think this country can do no wrong as well as those who think it can do no right. My skin color gets me judged before I even open my mouth. Same with my economic status. Life is short, too short to waste on the judgemental. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is as profound now as when Jesus said it but is often unheeded. And as I'm not perfect I constantly have to remind myself not to be like those I just mentioned and too many times come up short. But I do know I no longer have most of my life ahead of me. Don't want to miss what's important focusing on what isn't. And two groups fighting over who controls the money and pushing conspiracy theories about the other group to get votes ultimately isn't important. When I'm gone it'll still happen. [/QUOTE]

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