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Hortensis

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26. :) Our nation needs a Scopes trial effect and a breather

Reply to True Blue American (Reply #25)

Fri Feb 23, 2018, 09:44 AM

Feb 2018

from all this off-the-leash extremism. I know I'm more than ready for one.

Those types, right and left, will always be with us, and we only prosper and progress when the far larger more moderate blocs are able to unite to keep extremism in check.

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