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The People Said . . .

10/16/2019

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A week from today Hungary will mark the sixty-third anniversary of the failed 1956 uprising against Soviet occupation and its Stalinist regime. October 23rd is a national holiday here; the date commemorates the first day of the protests that triggered the eventual armed rebellion against communist oppression.

​The wall painting below was created three years ago on the sixtieth anniversary of the event. I find the simple caption above the shattering red star quite moving. Attributed to Hungarian novelist Sándor Márai, the line reads - "The people said: That's enough!"

I imagine many great and noble struggles have their origins in that simple phrase. 
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173dVietVet
10/17/2019 15:34:03

I suspect this is how The Trumpeter was elected.

Perhaps, it will be said by those who know the RINO party must change....

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Francis Berger
10/17/2019 15:46:54

@173 - Perhaps Trump was a that's enough, moment, albeit a rather tame one. Unfortunately, the powers that be have learned to use this as a manipulation technique. Problem - reaction - solution. Create a problem - the people scream "that's enough" - the solution to the problem is offered.

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Ned2
10/17/2019 16:40:33

When the people scream "that's enough" in this country, it will only be after the Commies take down Trump and fix the next election.
We'll also be talking with .308, 9mm, .223 and various other dialects instead of English.

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Francis Berger
10/17/2019 18:46:25

@Ned2 - When confronting systematic evil, other dialects are sometimes required.

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Coldsteel1983
10/19/2019 15:24:48

FB, regarding systematic evil, who then, will be our Pinochet?

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Francis Berger
10/19/2019 18:58:19

@ Coldsteel 1983 - Good question. I couldn't tell you.

In any case, I assume by "our" you are referring to America. Here's the thing about the US - do those who perceive the evil in their midst regard it as systematic evil, or are they merely interested in fighting the evil in the system? There's a big difference.

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