#helplessness — Public Fediverse posts
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A severe storm begins tonight in #gaza .
Heavy rains threaten the #tents of the displaced,
and souls #cry out from the cold and #helplessness.
#Children without shelter, the sick without medicine,
and tents that can't withstand the wind and rain.#Speak out for them now…
Before the cold overwhelms them,
Before silence swallows them.
Help by #donating at least
#PalestineAction #GazaNeedsHelp #Gazachildren
https://chuffed.org/project/help-mai-and-the-gaza-camp-kids -
LYMAN: He’s not the enemy. Scott, the Joint Chiefs, even the very emotional, very illogical lunatic fringe: they’re not the enemy. The enemy’s an age — a nuclear age. It happens to have killed man’s faith in his ability to influence what happens to him. And out of this comes a sickness, and out of sickness a frustration, a feeling of impotence, helplessness, weakness. And from this, this desperation, we look for a champion in red, white, and blue. Every now and then a man on a white horse rides by, and we appoint him to be our personal god for the duration. For some men it was a Senator McCarthy, for others it was a General Walker, and now it’s a General Scott.
Rod Serling (1924-1975) American screenwriter, playwright, television producer, narrator
Seven Days in May, film (1964)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/serling-rod/74965/
#quote #quotes #quotation #champion #control #desperation #fate #helplessness #hero #lunaticfringe #nuclearwar #savior #selfconfidence #times #coldwar #whitehorse
