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Ego, Activism, and the People Who Just Do the Work

I came across a Beto O’Rourke post featuring a friend of mine at a voter registration event in Austin, someone who had never once mentioned they were doing that work. It made me think about ego, activism, and what it really means to show up.

March 14, 2026 in 3) Politics, activism, by Cynthia Tarana.

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“We were angry and righteous in those days, and there were millions of us. We kicked two chief executives out of the White House because they were stupid warmongers. We conquered Lyndon Johnson and we stomped on Richard Nixon… Our tribe was strong like a river. That river is still running. All we have to do is get out and vote, while it’s still legal, and we will wash those crooked warmongers out of the White House.”

— Hunter S. Thompson, 
Rolling Stone, November 11, 2004


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