X in @[email protected]’ #DemocraticABC stood for #Xenial. Xenial means hospitable, esp. to visiting strangers and foreigners. Are you?
Bluebonnets are the state flower of TeXas.
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W in @[email protected]’ #DemocraticABC stood for #WorkingFamilies. Families of whatever shape are like little societies. Not supporting them means not supporting our future.
Indian Paintbrush for Wyoming and Rhododendron for Washington and West VA.
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V in @[email protected] ‘ #DemocraticABC stood for #votingrights. Voting rights are the essence of democracy. Is a state in which attempts to prevent some from voting meet other who can’t be bothered still a democracy?
Red clover for Vermont.
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U in @[email protected]’ #DemocraticABC stood for #understanding. Trying to understand is a sign of acceptance and respect. But is understanding dependent on agreeing?
Sego lilies for Utah.
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S in @[email protected]’ #DemocraticABC stood for #Substance. But how are we appreciating the substance of a matter if our attention span is shorter than a NY minute?
Yellow Yasmin for my host home state SC and Pasque Flower for SD.
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R in @[email protected]’ #DemocraticABC stood for #Reason. As a pile of cells circling a pebble on a grain of dust in the eternity of space we need reason in so many ways. No?
Violets for Rhodes Island.
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Q in @[email protected]’ #DemocraticABC stood for Quality of Life. It’s different from standard of living as it’s not solely focused on the bottom line. What a concept! What decides most your quality of life?
No states with q.
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P in @[email protected]’ #DemocraticABC stood for #People. #Democracy is gov’ment of the people, by the people, for the people. Who makes up the people? Are companies really people?
Pennsylvania’s Mountain Laurel.
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O in @[email protected]’ #DemocraticABC stood for #Opportunity. Opportunity is where luck meets the ability (money, time, space of mind, right kind of friends/acquaintances) to act on it. Creating O for all means to improve the ability side. Or do you disagree?
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