Returned from a local peace rally, convinced it has no influence. Yet my mood lifted. Classic revitalization that meeting the likeminded generates. Still, a moment thinking I am associated with a group of people sharing values and opinions. But caution should be exercised on assumptions of shared opinions. Even where likeminded agree on complexity, there is an easy tendency to assume consent to uniform messages. And lose the nuances of our own thoughts.

Necessary for conveying a message. I get it. Like people voting for a party, choosing the lesser of all evils. Not necessarily buying into the whole party platform. So be it for objections to war.

Difficult to sift through information and disinformation and distill thoughts concisely and........

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