You're talking like we, the good guys, are the grownups and the Nazis are just bratty kids running their mouths off and we have to be bigger
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Well, they're not. They're grown-ass adults with money and power and near-complete control of the United States government, okay
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You're saying "Be a good sport, no need to run up the score" to someone on the mat spitting up blood about to fucking lose everything
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I know this goes against a lot of the inspirational stuff people are saying but reality is: THEY ARE WINNING AND WE ARE LOSING
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WHEN YOU ARE LOSING, YOU DO NOT FIGHT THE SAME WAY AS SOMEONE WHO IS WINNING
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A lot of the split in "the Resistance" is between people used to being in this position and people used to being on the winning side
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That whole "Be the bigger man, set up a GoFundMe so they can rebuild their burned down office" thing was 100% the act of ppl used to winning
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That whole "Well, I want to win, but I don't want to look like an asshole about it" stance
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That was what was wrong going into November - people all over the place being too fucking confident (yeah I include myself in this)
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"He can't win. He won't win. People are better than that. This country is better than that. We have to have faith in democracy"
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A big chunk of "the Resistance" still don't really know what that word means, what it means to fight like someone who's losing
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To fight not out of idealism or high moral conviction but stark adrenaline-fueled terror and rage, to fight like a wounded and dying animal
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It's something I only know about through reading about it, I don't look forward to living through it
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