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52. lol

Sat Dec 23, 2017, 03:20 PM

Dec 2017

these comments were good. they're not always. but the piece itself was so well done and much of the replies kept the spirit and the poetry and it made me cry because i was moved.

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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