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Elizabeth Schiemer's avatar

Do we just endure or does it take courage to stay silent because we love someone too much to put them at risk? In this village there is someone who reports neighbours to police and council and the authorities visit the nominated offenders but the people making the complaint are protected by privacy laws. Trust is broken. We know what happened to Anne Frank.

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Laurette's avatar

The 'Freedom' to stay silent is in the end no freedom at all - it's a jail sentence. Are their pineal glands in tatters?!? Genuine question btw. No more intuitive decision making. No more joining hands and standing tall. Just robotic compliance and stifling of their inner voice.

Anyway, let's keep focussing on those willing to make a difference and keen to "leave a healthy 'inheritance' for our children's children" [latter part of sentence with thanks to Topher Field's Good Christians Break Bad Laws]

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Nola's avatar

Where has our courage gone ?

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Martin's avatar

I think people weigh up wanting to speak up for what they know is right against the threat of losing their job or income and all the fallout that can occur with that ... loss of home and relationships

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Rosslyn Smart's avatar

A lost cowardis people scared of what now?? Truth? How sad -

we lose all.

Courage The lion within.

Silenced! A roar of??

Can you hear anything?

Home and hosed *

Battered down*(

So we sit wait pray.

For courage

How bad before we break our banks and rise.??

Money will never equal humanity!

Fooled again.

Maybe we got to lose all*

To realise what we had and why we had!

Who are we now.

Cowards- wimps - gravy train suckers.

Nothing is worth more than humanity at its best.

Under God.

Keep those prayers flowing- calling our creator-

Save us- forgive us-

Already Done????

So now what's the problem? Its US let go of all.

Stand up call it all out.

Are we so weak we can't admit to wrong doings- or we enjoy the evil we see??

To many lost?

Thank you Micheal for such thought provoking words.

We must look at our selves and ask why???

It's going to get worse before it gets better.

If we awaken to why All.

God bless us All- Amen.

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Dollyboy's avatar

Mostly people see the futility of it all. Remember Aaron Bushnell? Remember how he changed exactly nothing for so high a price.

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Adele Courtman's avatar

Reticence. It will lead to dementia. Its a kind of schizophrenia.

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Michael Ginsburg's avatar

While it is reasonable for an employer to dictate what you do when at work, it is totally unacceptable for them to do so when it comes to your time out of work.

The “Freedom to Endure” is what made the ‘vaccine’ mandates possible and what will make the digital ID mandates possible as well!

I’d much rather go for the “Freedom to REBEL” and the “Freedom to burn down the house”.

They cannot arrest everyone…at least not yet!

Remember Tabita who you interviewed? She NAILED it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaN2xA1jLaA

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Rosslyn Smart's avatar

Anyone sick ?

This man been calling all out since covid started.

Wellness health.

What you got to lose?

https://substack.com/@clydecarson/note/c-119559021?r=4uz6nj

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Mary's avatar

😥

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Rachael  Morgan's avatar

I think the Australia Day ‘fascist’ protestors were the last straw. No one dares to speak out

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Richard Carey's avatar

You are wrong Michael, THERE IS FREE SPEECH, it just needs to be coupled with courage in order for it to be effective. COURAGE IS THE CURE 8:32. in there lies the unfortunate truth, despite all the rhetorical spin, Australians in the main are cowardly sycophants.

We have run from many major defeats such as Afghanistan, Vietnam and Gallipoli then turned them into glorious victories. It's patently clear now, look at the pusillanimity we witnessed from our security forces.

We even gave a Victoria Cross the world's highest accolade to BRS, his fall from grace is evidence to that!

..Sergeant Instructor, Rick Carey, Army Physical Training Corps

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