In the past month I have been speaking out more publicly (mainly via LinkedIn, my only real social media). About what's going on in Iran, immigration, Islamism and covid. Nothing extreme, nothing hateful, I care about love and truth. I tried to write everything in a good and respectful way, however I got into some 1-1 discussions with people who seemed more 'bad faith' or had despicable opinions, for example those praising the hangings, so I called out those people. This is what I experienced: 1. I felt a big relief and really aligned that I spoke about what I believed in is important. 2. I felt (and still feel) fear of being judged and that people will reject or leave me. What does this mean for my business? Will people hire me? And what does it mean socially? No one in my network liked any of my messages, and 5 people have removed the connection with me on LinkedIn. However, I do not want to live in fear and let it govern me. Armin said (paraphrasing) that if you do not get any hate for a long time that you are probably not expressing important things. Something like that. I totally resonate with that. So yeah I want to be able to deal with this, but it is stressful. 3. It was a good learning experience. The way I dealt with the discussions on LinkedIn now compared to three weeks ago is different. I will now always stay respectful (instead of 90% of the time), not insult them. You lower yourself by doing that. Even when people deserve some harsh words, I do not think this really works on a public forum. Curious if you agree with me or not. Also I am sharpening my ideas and getting to know more about what other people think. Being in this place also helps for that even more so. Anyways, if I have to choose between living with integrity and being hated by 90% of people. I have heard integrity defined as still saying and doing what is right even when everyone in the room is against you. I want to choose the first and I hope I am strong enough to keep doing that. Hopefully with less hate then 90%! I do not think it will be that extreme but you never now, close to NL in the UK you can get arrested for a wrong tweet. I think this is the reason why many people don't speak up, for all of these fears I lay out, and this is why you get a silent majority.

If you are Cuban you know what I mean. lol 😂 Or did all hispanic moms used this on their kids? 🤔

This started out as a comment on Adam Feder's post, "I Haven’t Changed, the Left Has-Bill Maher’s Ideological Rupture and the Possibility of Voting Republican." https://www.skool.com/libertypolitics/i-havent-changed-the-left-has-bill-mahers-ideological-rupture-and-the-possibility-of-voting-republican But this rings very true for me, so I thought that with all due respect to Adam that I would make that comment my debut post. I wonder how many people here are former Democrats or "progressives"? Give me an idea in the comments, please. . I’m with Bill Maher. I was a Democrat for over 30 years, but they started to lose me when they turned on Israel and, thus, the Jewish people. 20 years ago I was a regular on Daily Kos as Karmafish and we were about as far-left at the time as the Democratic Party got. Hell, I voted for Ralph Nader in 2004. For those of you who do not know, Daily Kos was one of the most prominent and active progressive-left political blogs back in the day. It was a place to speak with the grassroots of the party and I used to say dKos was like a house with many rooms. The sign of one room read “feminism,” on another “environmentalism” and so on and so forth. But down a long hall hidden deep in the house was a room with a terrible smell with a sign that read “Israel-Palestine.” It reeked and rats scurried in and out. After that I began to reappraise the progressive-left and the Democratic Party more critically. I voted for Obama the first time around, but by 2012 I was very definitely out. And now it’s much worse! As you see in my profile, there is no way in hell that I am going to support a political party that confuses children on gender, that spreads hatred toward Jews and “Zionists” and that supports hiring and university admittance based on race. And now they’re openly flirting with socialism? AOC is cute, but she’s not THAT cute.

Taken from Facebook: The war with Iran has claimed one of North Texas' own. Army Pvt. #IsabellaGonzales of Carrollton was killed Friday during an Iranian missile and drone attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. She was just 19 years old. The Pentagon identified Gonzales on Monday, along with 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii. Feehan, who died Saturday. Both soldiers were supporting Operation Inherent Resolve—the American-led military mission formed to defeat ISIS. Gonzales was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, part of the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command based in Ansbach, Germany. Wars are often measured in strikes, strategy, and casualty totals. But behind every number is a name, a hometown, and a family receiving unimaginable news. For North Texas, that name is Isabella Gonzales. She was a soldier. She was from Carrollton. And she was only 19 years old.

is this my first step, or my second one....? 🤗 anyhow, i'm regesterd !! 🥁🔆🥁🔆🥁