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In all the noise and words being spewed by talking heads, Lawrence O Donnell made sense to me, (Original Post) Ninga Aug 2021 OP
Lawrence has a way of explaining things in clear English.... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2021 #1
You are spot on. Lawrence always cuts to the chase, by underscoring his information with facts Ninga Aug 2021 #2
It makes me sad to be reminded of just how bad Vietnam was AndyS Aug 2021 #3
I agree. I marched in the streets to protest W's run up to invade Afghanistan. Us war protesters Ninga Aug 2021 #4
I saw this last night, it's very powerful FakeNoose Aug 2021 #5

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,783 posts)
1. Lawrence has a way of explaining things in clear English....
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 09:18 AM
Aug 2021

that even a child can understand. Which is why I enjoy his show so much. He, like Rachel Maddow, EDUCATE their audiences.

Ninga

(8,275 posts)
2. You are spot on. Lawrence always cuts to the chase, by underscoring his information with facts
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 10:01 AM
Aug 2021

and data. His spot last night on how the American Military is not trained in how to leave a country where they have lost the war, was gob smacking.

AndyS

(14,559 posts)
3. It makes me sad to be reminded of just how bad Vietnam was
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 10:17 AM
Aug 2021

and how easily the country forgets. The people who took part don't, can't, forget.

They just slowly die off and with them the memory of just how bad a cluster fuck war is.

Ninga

(8,275 posts)
4. I agree. I marched in the streets to protest W's run up to invade Afghanistan. Us war protesters
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 10:38 AM
Aug 2021

met with held up, jeering motorist flipping us off as we walked through intersections.
I am so sick of stupid, ignorant, willfully uninformed American citizen assholes.

FakeNoose

(32,628 posts)
5. I saw this last night, it's very powerful
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 01:08 PM
Aug 2021

I do remember the Vietnam war, and this brought back some very sad memories for me.

Well done, Lawrence!

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