A word prompt to get your creativity flowing this weekend. How you use the prompt is up to you. Write a piece of flash fiction, a poem, a chapter for your novel…anything you like. Or take the challenge below – there are no prizes – it’s not a competition but rather a fun writing exercise. If you want to share what you come up with, please leave a link to it in Sammi’s Comment Section
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Democracy
Death before dishonour?
Nah, disenfranchisement before defeat.
Mark Twain said ‘If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.’
Prophetic words as democracy goes on trial in a nationwide court wrangle.
Mark Twain said that? How cynical of him. Although he could be correct and we live in a Kakistocracy 🙂
What a wonderful and totally appropriate word!
Thanks, Trish
I love it too 😇
I shall no longer take so many things for granted.
I don’t often push back on Mr. Clemens, but voting matters. We just need to get it right.
Well done, CE.
Thanks, Bill, and you are right, of course
Well, there’s another fine mess they’ve gotten themselves into!
Couldn’t be finer or messier, Ollie!
If the deep state is really in charge then it doesn’t matter who gets elected 🙁
But surely it does matter how?
Dear CE,
Round and round she goes…good use of the word.
Shalom,
Rochelle
And where it stops…
Thanks, m’lady
It’s a darn shame wrangling occurs over election results. We’ll have to wrangle to protect and preserve the constitution and democracy.
An embarrassment for the good people of the USA that was so easily avoidable.
We’ll see if the constitutional system works. If the electorate loses faith in its integrity and fairness, our republic is dead.
Indeed. Without democracy there is chaos.
The courts are pretty much tossing those out before even looking at it because it is so frivolous … but, yeah … oy vey.
Fingers crossed, Na’ama
yep! I’ve been getting pretty good at typing and eating and brushing my teeth with crossed fingers … 😉
They don’t even seem to realise the damage they are doing. What happens when it’s time for the next election in America – will anyone bother? Will anyone accept any result? Long term damage for the sake of short term ego.
It’s a pity old Bob Mugabe ain’t around to mediate and ensure fair play, hmm?