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47. actually the comments i read on this piece

Reply to nolabear (Reply #38)

Sat Dec 23, 2017, 04:10 AM

Dec 2017

were confirmatory and many well written. i didn't read them all but the ones i did anyway.

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NYT--If This is America: Read it. Read it out loud. And take heart! [View all] nolabear Dec 2017 OP

Great editorial. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #1

Now more than ever we need to acknowledge people arent perfect. nolabear Dec 2017 #5

You say that now, and we all seem to agree. murielm99 Dec 2017 #33

Geez... SkyDaddy7 Dec 2017 #45

K&R smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #2

Oh, my, That is good. really, really good. pangaia Dec 2017 #3

I really mean it about reading it out loud! nolabear Dec 2017 #6

K-ed R-ed and Faux pas Dec 2017 #4

Here's Cohen's Facebook page to share the piece. hedda_foil Dec 2017 #34

Yep. But nobody on that side of things will get it. calimary Dec 2017 #7

EXACTLY what I was thinking. "READING IS HARD" nt BamaRefugee Dec 2017 #10

So what? They arent everything. We count too. nolabear Dec 2017 #11

Yeah Johnny Noshoes Dec 2017 #24

+1000 kentuck Dec 2017 #8

Thank you,nolabear. gademocrat7 Dec 2017 #9

Me too. Glad it helps! nolabear Dec 2017 #12

Cohen is another one who loves this country. Thank you, nolabear Hekate Dec 2017 #13

k and r Achilleaze Dec 2017 #14

k and r niyad Dec 2017 #15

Tears in my eyes....Keep resisting! mtngirl47 Dec 2017 #16

Thanks. Needed that. Enoki33 Dec 2017 #17

You know what would have been more courageous? mountain grammy Dec 2017 #18

I think many people - and that includes me - expected Trump to be terrible, but The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #21

And with the GOP fully on board, mountain grammy Dec 2017 #25

Joan Walsh was on MSNBC last week & uttered these words on air: "If we have elections." CrispyQ Dec 2017 #50

+1000! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #46

Thanks! Beautifully encapsulates what many of us feel. maddiemom Dec 2017 #49

It was so easy not to believe he could possibly win. nolabear Dec 2017 #40

I know,and I was right there mountain grammy Dec 2017 #41

Now there's someone who understands what makes America great. byronius Dec 2017 #19

Excellent piece! Puts into the best words what I've been trying to say to friends who Nitram Dec 2017 #20

excellent read, thanks for posting. Hamlette Dec 2017 #22

Oh, hell. What's a Viglink redirect? sofa king Dec 2017 #23

Is that what you got? Beats me. nolabear Dec 2017 #39

Don't know what it was.... sofa king Dec 2017 #55

excellent awesome article underthematrix Dec 2017 #26

Excellent democrank Dec 2017 #27

K&R TeamPooka Dec 2017 #28

We can change - just as so many other nations have had to over the centuries. sandensea Dec 2017 #29

K&R burrowowl Dec 2017 #30

Strong, unequivocal words! Bravo! Puzzler Dec 2017 #31

even after reading some of the comments barbtries Dec 2017 #32

Comments are skewed toward the angry and negative. Always. nolabear Dec 2017 #38

actually the comments i read on this piece barbtries Dec 2017 #47

LOL-I should never use the word always. Or mostly never. Oh now Im confused. nolabear Dec 2017 #51

lol barbtries Dec 2017 #52

The lsos is turning America into Trumpmanistan randr Dec 2017 #35

we all will pay a dear price. barbtries Dec 2017 #48

america is SO exceptional. except the rich. pansypoo53219 Dec 2017 #36

This is not America Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #37

Mahalo, nolabear! Cha Dec 2017 #42

Superb cp Dec 2017 #43

Great writing. TomSlick Dec 2017 #44

We should all print out the editorial and mail it to The White House mnhtnbb Dec 2017 #53

Good idea. nolabear Dec 2017 #54