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   Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 21:35:12 JST Heidi Li Feldman

   I spent parts of the day out walking and in a museum. I tried to help a loved one review time sensitive legal documents. I lurched between periods of calm determination and moments of fear/anxiety/disgust. In other words, I tumbled and stepped and slid through this day after. 1/

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     Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 21:35:10 JST Heidi Li Feldman

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     I will not be easily deterred from the public square. I will not resist letting fear, anxiety, or anger subdue me unduly; I will resist the tendency of those sentiments to separate me from those who fundamentally share my ethics. In short, I’m not going to be made small and isolated without as much fight as I can marshall. 5/

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     Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 21:35:11 JST Heidi Li Feldman

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     We must keep thinking for ourselves. We most reinforce our values and our commitment to them. This is the beginning of sustained, robust opposition to the Republican Party’s domination of the federal government and its supporters’ practices, objectives, and worldview. I am not “coming together” with them. I am not going to be wholly civil. I hold myself apart, to think and to act as oppositionally as I can, within the bounds of reasonable prudence. 4/

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     Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 21:35:12 JST Heidi Li Feldman

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     The moments of fright and anger were unpleasant, to say the least. But with them, with the tumbling and sliding, here I am, still here. Every day, every hour you or I is still here is a small, but not trivial, triumph. We oppose fascism, misogyny, racism, xenophobia, an unfettered market making the rich richer, destruction of the environment. When we are still here, still opposing all of that, we strike a small, but not insignificant blow against fascism. 2/

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     Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 21:35:12 JST Heidi Li Feldman

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     Every time we find the wherewithal to appreciate our allies and our loved ones, to concentrate on learning, to take in beauty — we claim something for ourselves. We deprive those who accept or embrace dictatorship, fascism, and hate of our full attention. That is important. It is one strand of freedom. 3/

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     Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 21:36:03 JST Heidi Li Feldman

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     Being afraid doesn’t mean one is not courageous. Being anxious doesn’t mean one is not strong. Being angry doesn’t mean one is not focused. I know all this is true of myself and true of many of you taking the time to read this thread. I trust our resolve and our ability to push back effectively. 6/

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     Heidi Li Feldman (heidilifeldman@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 21:36:13 JST Heidi Li Feldman

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     Tomorrow will almost certainly be another psychically and emotionally vexed day. But just by showing up for it, resisting the paralysis of despair, we show our mettle.

     See you in the morning. 7/7