Beautiful, as always. The fight to hold on to our humanity, to our belief in the ideals this country has never achieved, but that are worth aiming for & fighting for...It can become exhausting. But we will not give up. Thank you
Viktor, what a beautiful soul you are. For you to express such comforting and uplifting words to us, even as you endure the pain and horror of your own unrelenting fight for freedom shows that you truly are one of “the best of us”. Thank you, dear friend. Slava Ukraini!! 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦
Beautiful words Viktor. Thank you for supporting us as we both fight authoritarianism. We are seeing violence in the form of ICE grabbing any brown people off the streets with no warrants or due process and sending them wherever. You have experienced this too with people disappearing and not returning. We have not had bombs or drones overhead like you. That is why we all check each day to see if you are still with us. Please stay safe. We all love reading your thoughts. Slava Ukraine 💛💙🌻🇺🇦🇺🇸
Thank you for the advice, Viktor. It might be too late for me, though. Judging from the posts on my Substack, I often take the “bait of rage”. I do not write about the Criminal-in-Chief and the idiocracy in Washington all the time, but when I do, my anger comes out. Am I lowering myself to their level? Maybe. However, I believe tearing the criminal president to shreds with my words is kind of therapeutic. Bottling up my anger all the time would not be good for my continued good mental health.
Sometimes it is better to let it out writing as long as you don’t believe what they are pushing. Remember the goal is democracy not having a grifter ignorant king
Boy did I need to read this one! Lashed out today with one of my comments; let it post and then tried to recapture it. Must hold the line with integrity … rinse, repeat.
Stay safe Sir. I look forward to your words every day.
Viktor, you are "right on" with these statements. we WILL "hold the line", no matter what, and there are more of us than there are MAGA followers. Both your country and ours are in fights for our national existence, fights for who we are, and we will support each other in any way we can.
The anger is hard to ignore. What ICE has been commissioned to do without restraint is despicable! The representatives and senators that know the bill they just signed off on is bad for so many people but did it anyway. I will keep the anger to continue demonstrating and writing emails and making phone calls so they cannot forget all the people they are hurting. I will not go quietly!
Beautifully said, Viktor. We know in our heart of hearts that we are the same and love our countries so much that temporarily hurts, but we will rebound.
“The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.” bell hooks
Viktor, I thought of you when I read this quote by bell hooks. You have created such a loving circle for truth to be shared, and for healing to be ignited! In the spaces between your words, there is a consistent message of hope and global community—for all who are willing to share suffering, pain, and loss with others, not for personal gain, but to sow support through compassion and light. Thank you!
"...Such a loving circle for truth to be shared..." What a perfect selection of words to describe what Viktor has created here! We ARE a loving circle, and I look forward to reading all your comments every night. Viktor, what started out as a way to express yourself in the hopes of being heard is now a community of like-minded souls holding each other up so that we will never bow to tyranny. What a great gift you are!
Grateful to read your words again. It's heartwrenching to learn as an American of trump's weapons betrayal. Voted for Harris here. Be safe.
SLAVA UKRAINI
Beautiful, as always. The fight to hold on to our humanity, to our belief in the ideals this country has never achieved, but that are worth aiming for & fighting for...It can become exhausting. But we will not give up. Thank you
Viktor, what a beautiful soul you are. For you to express such comforting and uplifting words to us, even as you endure the pain and horror of your own unrelenting fight for freedom shows that you truly are one of “the best of us”. Thank you, dear friend. Slava Ukraini!! 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦
Victor you are a beacon of inspiration!
Beautiful words Viktor. Thank you for supporting us as we both fight authoritarianism. We are seeing violence in the form of ICE grabbing any brown people off the streets with no warrants or due process and sending them wherever. You have experienced this too with people disappearing and not returning. We have not had bombs or drones overhead like you. That is why we all check each day to see if you are still with us. Please stay safe. We all love reading your thoughts. Slava Ukraine 💛💙🌻🇺🇦🇺🇸
Thank you for the advice, Viktor. It might be too late for me, though. Judging from the posts on my Substack, I often take the “bait of rage”. I do not write about the Criminal-in-Chief and the idiocracy in Washington all the time, but when I do, my anger comes out. Am I lowering myself to their level? Maybe. However, I believe tearing the criminal president to shreds with my words is kind of therapeutic. Bottling up my anger all the time would not be good for my continued good mental health.
Sometimes it is better to let it out writing as long as you don’t believe what they are pushing. Remember the goal is democracy not having a grifter ignorant king
Just be careful of being trolled. That's just a waste of your time.
We are hurting right now, but we are not hopeless. You said what i feel. Be safe, Viktor.
Viktor, your heart and words are beautiful! I'm grateful for you my friend! Be safe!
SLAVA UKRAINI
♥️🫂🙏🇺🇸 🇺🇦
Boy did I need to read this one! Lashed out today with one of my comments; let it post and then tried to recapture it. Must hold the line with integrity … rinse, repeat.
Stay safe Sir. I look forward to your words every day.
Viktor, you are "right on" with these statements. we WILL "hold the line", no matter what, and there are more of us than there are MAGA followers. Both your country and ours are in fights for our national existence, fights for who we are, and we will support each other in any way we can.
The anger is hard to ignore. What ICE has been commissioned to do without restraint is despicable! The representatives and senators that know the bill they just signed off on is bad for so many people but did it anyway. I will keep the anger to continue demonstrating and writing emails and making phone calls so they cannot forget all the people they are hurting. I will not go quietly!
Beautifully said, Viktor. We know in our heart of hearts that we are the same and love our countries so much that temporarily hurts, but we will rebound.
“The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.” bell hooks
Viktor, I thought of you when I read this quote by bell hooks. You have created such a loving circle for truth to be shared, and for healing to be ignited! In the spaces between your words, there is a consistent message of hope and global community—for all who are willing to share suffering, pain, and loss with others, not for personal gain, but to sow support through compassion and light. Thank you!
"...Such a loving circle for truth to be shared..." What a perfect selection of words to describe what Viktor has created here! We ARE a loving circle, and I look forward to reading all your comments every night. Viktor, what started out as a way to express yourself in the hopes of being heard is now a community of like-minded souls holding each other up so that we will never bow to tyranny. What a great gift you are!
Thank you, Viktor! I love your description, “a living refusal.” Yes! That is who I am in this moment - I feel the clarity!🩵💛🇺🇦
I hope you are safe from last nights horrible actions by the Russians!
We spent July 4 with a couple from Ukraine 🇺🇦. Slava Ukraine ♾️