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AMEN. #imsayingno

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"It’s time for us to remind the govt that they work for us, not the other way around, or this will never end." How? Gandhi's way? The govs are afraid it might work better just getting back to normal and they oppose dearly. Should we just behave as everything is back to normal? Is just overwhelming the mall barriers a solution?

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Dec 17, 2021Liked by Etana Hecht

When you're born, they give you a number. Most of us memorize it. That is the beginning of the problem; you are not legitimate without that number, can't go to school, can't work. So, we have been indoctrinated to being 'tagged' from very early on. Bracelets are insidiously friendly sounding. I am seriously feeling like I must bow out of all society at this point, I no longer seem to be welcome here. Many of us feel this way it seems.

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Best rant yet, Etana.

I, too, vacillate between ‘pessimism of the intellect’ (they are powerful and unstoppable) and ‘optimism of the will’ (we are many and can do wonders when we put our minds to resisting the powerful). Great news about the back-down. 1-0 for optimism!

Here in the Land of Oz downunder, Australia’s largest state, New South Wales, has now ditched its vaxx passport and the jabbed and unjabbed can access all venues and services with no need to wave the phone with its Big Green Tick on the screen. I think that the continual, massive, exuberant protest rallies had a lot to do with it. Where NSW goes, the rest of Australia will eventually follow. It’s not over yet, not by a long way, but yay for optimism. What is happening in Israel is being monitored closely by the resistance in Australia.

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Bracelets? Why not just yellow stars?🤣

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Great post, Etana! Your heart is clearly in the right place!

I completely agree with you that most people still masked up and queuing up for jabs are complying out of complacency/convenience. These are folks who never had the courage to stand out as true individuals before this nightmare, so I wouldn't expect them to suddenly become spiritual warriors. Since the word "courage" stems from the word "coeur" meaning "heart," we can see that those acting courageously are indeed allowing their heart to inform their mind, as opposed to the inferior inversion!

I'll go a step further and say that governments only have legitimacy if we GIVE IT to them. No one owns anyone else! So, rather than saying "no" as "persons" (a gov/legal term which diminishes us) to illegitimate and false "authorities," we are better off to say "yes" to our rights as "living, breathing, spiritual men and women" (a term defining our Divinity).

Stay strong and COURAGEOUS, Etana, and keep writing! We need to voice our perspectives!💖

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Dec 16, 2021Liked by Etana Hecht

Wish I could rant this well.

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