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Susan's avatar

I am very comforted by your belief that we Americans will defeat the authoritarians. I think our desire for autonomy and freedom will outweigh the forces of “evil” that we are confronted by.

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Rob Volpe's avatar

Happy Launch Day, David! I hope you have a moment to go find your book "in the wild" at a bookstore today. My copy is arriving by Amazon later today, looking forward to reading it!

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David Litt's avatar

Thanks Rob - I’m hoping to get some time to go hunt for the book in the wild this evening. Hope you enjoy it!

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JP MEYER's avatar

I just put a hold on your book at my Library. Looking forward to your wisdom.

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David Litt's avatar

Thank you - hope you enjoy it! (And a preview of my wisdom is, don’t let a surfboard hit you in the face. It goes poorly.)

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Christopher Nicholas Chapman's avatar

I think we are on the same page on this particular going’s on in our country, even if we aren’t on many. But that’s the whole point right!

https://open.substack.com/pub/christophernicholaschapman/p/red-white-and-true-blue?r=2bnro3&utm_medium=ios

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Lisbeth Farnum's avatar

Congratulations on the book launch! I’m picking up my copy at my neighborhood bookstore tomorrow. They have it in stock!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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David Litt's avatar

That’s great - and thanks so much!

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Irene Grumman's avatar

We don't give up on people

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Patricia Harmanci's avatar

Love your call for respect, David. And I applaud your confidence. Your new book arrived today in DC! Unfortunately I am 7,000 feet above sea level in the beautiful Kackar Mountains in Turkey. The good news is I’ll be back in DC on July 6 and can’t wait to read your book! It will sit proudly next to your other books in my study. Thank you for this post!

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Barry Spinner's avatar

How about those Germans? And how they - mostly - chosen Nazism in the 1930s!

Ought they have gotten a Pass? Cause that is sort of what you are suggesting ...

I am asking you and your readers to think about other 'recent' anti-democratic movements, and apply our Western approach to Nazism to today's.

PS What the Germans got was millions of bombs, and Death raining down on them in 1943-45. Especially on the Eastern Front. And consequently Europe - in pieces - got a terrible totalitarian regime behind the "Iron Curtain".

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