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stillcool

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11. really...you can have millions of people...

Reply to Bev54 (Reply #5)

Thu Sep 24, 2020, 07:40 PM

Sep 2020

protesting across the country, and you turn on the tv and see a dozen yahoo's in some godforsaken red-neck town, spouting off about their flag. Back in 2008-ish we had a rally and a march. A few thousand people showed up, with notable speakers. The same day, a handful of teapartyer's occupied a Congressperson's office. Obviously the same thing in news parlance.

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