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To: generally

BurnedSpy34 has a chain of tweets up about Admiral Stockdale and how he coped with being a POW during the Vietnam War that is, imo, very relevant.

The difference between Optimism and Positivism.

On how the men that broke down and died tended to be Optimists because, “we’ll be free by Christmas” and Christmas came and they were still POWs. Then it’d be “free by Easter” and Easter came and they’d still be POWs. Eventually they just gave up. Making artificial deadlines broke them.

But being positive that he’d be free and could endure until then meant no “grief/relief” pendulum to wear himself out on.

How many familiar with Q gave up because things didn’t happen by the time they decided it should happen? How many now are singing the “it hasn’t happened yet, therefore it will never happen” song? How many broke themselves on the grief/relief pendulum?


263 posted on 03/24/2020 7:09:29 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Grimmy

I think he makes good points, but optimism/positivism is IMO semantics. I consider myself an optimist. That doesn’t mean I have an Easter deadline for everything to be hunky-dory. IMO saying that “if things aren’t super by date X then screw it” isn’t optimism at all. It’s just setting yourself up for failure.

Of all the Q lessons I’ve learned, the lesson that my guesses about timing are never right is the one that I’ve been taught over and over by experience.

I thought Hitlery would be arrested early in 2018. Ha! Am I disappointed that she’s still on the loose? Sure. But would I rather wait a bit longer and take down the WHOLE cabal instead of just a couple of players? You bet!

In the meantime, I do my part to red pill others and I see evidence that the Q plan is working and progress is being made.

WWG1WGA


278 posted on 03/24/2020 7:25:54 PM PDT by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: Grimmy

That is super interesting. I never heard of Positivism. I guess that is what I am. Trust the plan. Plans rarely go exactly the way they are designed. Thus improvise, adapt and overcome. Learned that from a Marine I used to know.


286 posted on 03/24/2020 7:34:55 PM PDT by defconw (Pray for Rush)
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To: Grimmy

++++!


352 posted on 03/24/2020 9:30:12 PM PDT by bitt (forget the electric chair..we're gonna need electric bleachers!)
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