Friends, comrades, we all are depressed about Trump - and with good reason. An egomaniac, a pathological liar, a bully, a really bad example of how little taste people with "new money" can be.
We can't believe people are voting for him. But do not give up hope.
This country has survived decades during which women could not vote and slavery was legal. We lived through the jailing of people because they would not serve in the military, or because they had the wrong (which is to say "left") politics. We survived McCarthy.
Most of you remember the massive Civil Rights movement with the death and violence. And you can remember the heartbreak of the Vietnam War, the men sent to prison or into exile. The veterans who came home, broken and needed our support.
We survived. There are a lot of really good people in this country.
Our job is not just to struggle against the insanity of Trump, but not to give up hope. To remember the songs and music we had in past years. Do not let Trump (or the GOP, which had opened the door for Trump) get you down. March on with good humor, songs, and remembering that what makes us what we are is not that we are certain of victory, but that we will not give up. Not now. Not ever.
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