Top Comments: Comfort Music

I’m still feeling a major gut punch, but never been one to give in to despair. For the last few days I’ve been posting Holly Near — who started her musical career protesting the Vietnam War — so here’s one more.

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From Tamar:

MTBR2201's comment that shows how all the "objective" reasons people voted for trump are BS.

From BeninSC:

I found this comment by frenchconnection to be heartening. Our country is far from perfect, but it isn't Nazi Germany, either, even if there are many overlap elements.

Highlighted by RiverStar:

Gaelsdottir has some wise words about standing against despair.

Top mojo, courtesy of mik:

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