oldguycrusty<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@RickiTarr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RickiTarr</span></a></span> </p><p>Beautiful. Thank you for this.</p><p>This is the 1st thing I saw today..</p><p>You perfectly described the way I feel today. Really really sad that <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> are ascendent and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Liberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> seem to be history.</p><p>Being grateful for friends and community is a victory of sorts. Thanks for reminding me.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/defiance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defiance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a></p>