Great Janis Joplin song...Me and Bobby McGeeFreedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose..
Great Janis Joplin song...Me and Bobby McGeeFreedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose..
here in the UK I don't feel Free... not as I once did. We're the most watched public in the western world apparently with CCTV covering the every move outside of our homes than any other.. whether that's inside buildings or in the street where we live or work, and play..
We're certainly not free to have 'Free Speech''.. lest it's twisted and reported by the woke, as offensive...
Britain where the flag was flown high due to our Freedom for centuries .. brought to it's knees by Big Brother and the Woke and Snowflake community...so sad, it's like I live in a different Country to the one in which I was born and raised..
Can't disagree here. I believe, more and more that money, wealth and the powerful run everything. In fact, I just believe it.No. I feel manipulated by entities beyond my control, as most of us are, except the wealthiest who make their own choices. We're corralled and forced to fight with each other almost everyday about this or that, it's always something freshly alarming, and people keep buying into the fight game. I do remember a time in the twentieth century when we were more of one heart and one mind moving towards greater freedom for everyone. We weren't so easy to push around back then and I do dearly miss that time because we were so much closer to capturing something we'll never lay our hands on again.
If you are legally old enough and are tough enough! Leave and make your own life. It is difficult, but possible. Make a plan, save some money up and catch a bus out of town, better out of California (as it is so expensive to live there). Lots of jobs out there right now, so if you feel trapped, get out!Well, I was born in a western industrialized country, so not too much to complain about on that simple fact. My mother was from the area that would become East Germany. Glad I wasn't born there.
But, my stepfather is running my life. I feel that way anyway. If I just want to vent or complain to my brother, he twists things and tells lies to my stepfather, so I have no support.
I'm stuck here by my stepfather and the increased real estate prices and my job and situation. Not sure how this will play out.
I miss that talk with my husband. He and I were the only ones who understood our feelings on contentious matters, and could freely have a conversation at home, without fear of any kind of retribution ... no longer sadlyDitto, but I do and say pretty much what I want. I am just more careful who I say it to. I have a close friend that works for the DHS. I trust him, so I am upfront with him. I told him how I feel about our FBI and the DHS agents. He knows how I feel about this government and he must trust me because he mostly agrees that our government has never been more corrupt than it is today. Mayorkas, his boss is included. I am getting pretty close to politics, so I need to stop.
I've got money in saving. I had plenty to buy a mobile home in a park but the prices have gone up like crazy and I refuse to buy some old metal dump from the 70's. I'd look into leaving California if I could.If you are legally old enough and are tough enough! Leave and make your own life. It is difficult, but possible. Make a plan, save some money up and catch a bus out of town, better out of California (as it is so expensive to live there). Lots of jobs out there right now, so if you feel trapped, get out!
you have to leave the state Remy.. and go live in a much cheaper state where the rents, and taxes are lower... if you don't do it now, when will you mi chica ?.. seriously everything is going up in price every day, your savings will cover nothing at all in a year or 2 , and you'll be stuck for goodI've got money in saving. I had plenty to buy a mobile home in a park but the prices have gone up like crazy and I refuse to buy some old metal dump from the 70's. I'd look into leaving California if I could.
I've made one stupid mistake after another. I could have bought a condo years ago and paid it off by now. Now they are totally out of my price range.
We can't even USE the word handicapped....Oh yeah, I'm certainly free. I can walk down the street.
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Me too, one of the pleasures of life. So many are handicapped & can't walk.
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It's not "P.C." here now either.We can't even USE the word handicapped....
I don't understand not being able to use the word handicapped. I just read JaniceM post. What is not PC about that word?We can't even USE the word handicapped....
Wellll, in my opinion, "handicapped" implies a person has some condition that's a disadvantage; whereas the term preferred these days- "disabled" means it's entirely possible for them to anything. Frankly, I don't consider it positive at all.I don't understand not being able to use the word handicapped. I just read JaniceM post. What is not PC about that word?
You and me Ben! I'm sitting here in my freshly cleaned house that will stay that way for hours because no one else is home. I'm eating graham crackers dunked in milk because who starts diets on the last day of the month, and in a few minutes I might just go start a new jigsaw puzzle. I'd like to see 'em try to stop me!I feel like I'm free to do what I want to do, but that's probably because nothing I want to do involves leaving the house.
Since my post referred to the ability to walk & handicapped people with no legs can't walk the PC term of disabled while nice just doesn't work as being accurate .Wellll, in my opinion, "handicapped" implies a person has some condition that's a disadvantage; whereas the term preferred these days- "disabled" means it's entirely possible for them to anything. Frankly, I don't consider it positive at all.
And quite often imposed by semi-educated loudmouths. My comment can be confirmed by reading their rants on Facebook.We're certainly not free to have 'Free Speech''.. lest it's twisted and reported by the woke, as offensive...
I meant I agree with you.Since my post referred to the ability to walk & handicapped people with no legs can't walk the PC term of disabled while nice just doesn't work as being accurate .
I think handicapped fits this better than the PC term.
A physical disability is a substantial and long-term condition affecting a part of a person's body that impairs and limits their physical functioning, mobility, stamina or dexterity.
Thanks for taking the time to clarify the why of handicapped not being PC
precisely, but that's the rules of the woke community.. who incidentally take up arms on behalf of people..like the disabled whether the disabled feel offended by the terms, but even if they do, it only takes one to complain.. and everything gets changedI don't understand not being able to use the word handicapped. I just read JaniceM post. What is not PC about that word?
Most conversations where both parties agree on the subject matter make better conversations. If I am in a conversation with a friend, I still watch what I say because there is that thing called trust. I find that sometimes I ask myself “Can I say what I am thinking and not have a third party come to me and tell me that they heard what I said.”I miss that talk with my husband. He and I were the only ones who understood our feelings on contentious matters, and could freely have a conversation at home, without fear of any kind of retribution ... no longer sadly