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Aug 21Liked by Alex Ilex

I love the red line analogy and connecting what’s happening in the world to something smaller and more personal to the person

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Thanks, I like parallels between individual and collective psychology too.

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Aug 21Liked by Alex Ilex

Great article, Alex.

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Thanks.

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Aug 22Liked by Alex Ilex

I thought this was a very good article. Red lines. I have many myself. Betrayal is just about the top for me also. I think as a society we should be discussing this.

Especially the ubiquitous "fir the greater good"

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Exactly. If all kinds of shit are justified for the 'greater good', then it's not good anymore but evil.

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I think it is also an epic war of good verses evil. This war will be fought on many fronts.

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Red lines are fine but in relation to misdeeds perpetrated by government agencies the only way forward is to start with processes that bring affirmations of truth and reconciliation to the public notice. Once legal discovery has confirmed misbehaviour by authorities then aggrieved citizens must be allowed to seek mea culpa and appropriate retribution from the miscreants. The problem now is red lines are regarded by some as fluid, not fixed and are there to be tested rather than be observed.

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It's like we're giving our grounds. They cross more and more our red lines, and we keep allowing them. They push further and further, and we keep giving it.

When there would be a breaking point which we'd never surrender to them, the Reddest line we'd never allow them to cross?

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I agree with you on redline with the exception of vaccinations there have been people since the mid-1700s when vaccinations were first developed the resisted every vaccine. When I was a child there were people in the appellation mount where my parents lived that did not want their kids to have shots for polio or smallpox. Today a child can count to 10 can count the number of smallpox cases the world. And to be honest although with Covid government perpetuated it and probably overreacted. However new polio vaccine or smallpox vaccine was forced on anybody you took it. Eventually you had to get your childhood shots before you go to school, all the vaccines are a public health interest if you want to live in a society you have to avoid killing everybody in that society because you’re afraid of a vaccine.

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Great article and so true!

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Thank you!

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Thanks for taking the time to write truth. Not much of that going around these day, sad to say.

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Yeah, those days people are either scared to speak the truth or don't even know what's true anymore, with sky high levels of gaslighting everywhere.

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I’ve been speaking with various people I do not know well. I’m appalled at what they think/believe. No truth there!!! All CNN AND NBC. So much lack of education about what America stands for or what it means to be American. These are “lost people”. I was a teacher 40 years, and had no clue the schools were so bad in many places. May God help us. We have let evil into our beautiful country. We must ask God to forgive us, and beg Him to return to our beloved once “pretty descent country.”🙏🇺🇸

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Aug 21·edited Aug 21Author

Yeah, sadly we have an entire lost generation. Even if we'd be able to take our country back and to overthrow fascist billionaire psychos behind this shit, the damage they had already done is irreparable, and they would do much more before they're defeated. It pains me to say so but I see no other way. Even our victory would still leave us with a huge collective trauma while our defeat might mean literally the end of the world.

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Just remember THERE IS A GOD. All things are possible with our dear Lord. I get on my knees and talk to Him every night. We are in a war of good vs Evil. We must all build strength with prayer across our nation. Many are doing just that. Without God, we are lost souls. So many leaders have sold their souls to Satan. They have no clue what they are in for in eternity. It’s real and it is horrific. God means business!!

When you “know God”, you have an Ace in your pocket because eternity will be marvelous. I can say for sure it won’t be crowded there. Too many will not be with God, sad to say.

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We now have very visible red lines. A couple of decades ago your neighbor may have had different ideas on taxes on what government should pay for. But that wouldn't stop you from being an "acquaintance."

Today some people have really stupid and even evil beliefs. Many of these mentioned in the article. How and why would you even want to have anything to do with someone still walking around masked. Or believes men can get pregnant, breastfeed or need tampons.

I don't know how this all ends. There are the people at the top that are grifting and the "troops" that are mentally challenged that actually believe all the nonsense. They are the useful idiots.

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I also don't know how it ends but we at least might declare our red lines loud and clear so people who try to force medicate us either with mRNA 'vaccines' or trans hormones would think twice before attempting to do so.

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Rise up

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