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You and readers may find this helpful in terms of understanding the roots of the problem and the solution, of course, requiring a strong educational movement: https://bit.ly/greenvirus

In particular I urge a reading of The Green Book. Do not be distracted by the name of the author, which would best have been published as a signature at the end of the book and not on its cover.

"Do not judge a book by its cover"

As the author said something along the lines of: "Just as the farmer who collects fruits from the trees and puts them in a basket, I discovered nothing new. I just put the fruits into a basket to make it easy"

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“Do not be indifferent when any power or government infringes on extant social rights and do not be indifferent,” said Turksi. -- such a true statement. Take a stand against tyranny, speak up, resist and never give up any freedom willingly.

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it's a great, insightful piece. Unfortunately, I can't share it because of the language that would alienate, disgust and distract from the message. So many highly descriptive words to choose from - that are better than four letters

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The article is updated. All swear words were removed. Would love it if you could share. Thank you.

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Fantastic! Thank you - I didn't expect such a great response. I will indeed share!!

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Thank you for your feedback. My wife said exactly the same but I didn't listen to her and published it anyway. I just told her about your feedback. She laughed. I think both of you are right. I won't do it again. I will edit it. Thanks again for your honesty.

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I was editor of a major, the most popular alternative news network for a great many years. Very good at editing, except my own writing. Writing serves a number of purposes for us such as:

One we want to educate and share and produce positive results. Two, we want to heal and get things off our chest.

I found that I did quite well until often just the last paragraph which would be best removed. In the end, I found that the best solution was to publish it privately to serve the second purpose, then in the cool emotions the next day to edit it and publish it publicly to serve the first purpose.

Another option would be to publish the unedited original to the loyal followers (paid subscribers) and then publish the edited version the next day to the general public. This might work for you too. :-)

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Thanks for the feedback. To be honest, it's just a hobby and "writing it off my chest" is the main motivation. I already spend to much time as it is. Not getting paid. If I ever decide to become more professional I will heed your very good advice. In fact, I haven't read any of my posts after publishing to save me the embarrassment of reading a badly edited post. :-)

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