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Aristus

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11. Having been born and raised in the South, I can tell you,

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #10)

Wed May 13, 2020, 10:44 PM

May 2020

it's largely a myth.

Everybody's got a chip on his shoulder, belligerence is common coin, and toxic is the only kind of masculinity.

And I got off easy. I'm white and Christian. I can't imagine how unbearable it would have been if I hadn't had those two things going for me.

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