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Dear Joshua, your essay is very moving. You embrace emotion and wisdom and the essence of life's choices and responsibilities to self, loved ones and community. I have shared and posted your work and will continue too. I am almost ready to retire and the life I thought possible before the mandates no longer has certainty. My nephew told me to work on being Brave. I am always balancing my attempts at bravery with my desire to still earn a living as a self employed Health Care Practitioner and to limit how often I am singled out and ostracized by family, friends, clients and community. Your daughters have an awesome Dad. Blessings to you and your loved ones.

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Thank you for publishing this! I can't believe it took 4 months for me to find it. I've often repeated the claim that "if you want to know how ordinary Germans permitted the Nazi's to gain so much control, look at your neighbors today." To back this up, Professor Styles brings the receipts! Thank you!

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