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Bettie

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15. Yep, but a good first step is getting to a point where

Reply to Shell_Seas (Reply #13)

Wed Jan 13, 2021, 11:49 PM

Jan 2021

people can vote and that their vote counts (ending gerrymandering).

Those two things are the foundation of change.

I'm on the same page as you, I think that those two are probably the most vital to start with!

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AOC: AOC: Nation Can Only Heal Once 'Oppressed' Southern States Are 'Liberated' [View all] Ex Lurker Jan 2021 OP

A Black and a Jew will represent Georgia in the US Senate. Dawson Leery Jan 2021 #1

Lol, reminds me of 2016 and Sanders' followers' earnest lectures to AA about Hortensis Jan 2021 #2

Life long Texan here Shell_Seas Jan 2021 #4

+1 Celerity Jan 2021 #7

Shell, are you sure this, perhaps inadvertent, disrespect is Hortensis Jan 2021 #8

Black people know how racist the south is. Shell_Seas Jan 2021 #10

At very least, if there can be an impact made on Bettie Jan 2021 #12

Absolutely. And a million other things. Shell_Seas Jan 2021 #13

Yep, but a good first step is getting to a point where Bettie Jan 2021 #15

Yess!! Shell_Seas Jan 2021 #3

agree nt Celerity Jan 2021 #5

Agree Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #6

Yes I made this same point to someone at work yesterday lunasun Jan 2021 #9

Somebody from New York City BGBD Jan 2021 #11

United WE Stand MagickMuffin Jan 2021 #14

And tell me BGBD Jan 2021 #16

They have had power and look what they have done to our education system MagickMuffin Jan 2021 #17

You say we're making good gains in the South Mariana Jan 2021 #19

Yeah BGBD Jan 2021 #20

Has AOC made fun of Southern or Appalachian people? Mariana Jan 2021 #21

AOC has a clear grip on the issue. They burnt a cross outside of town just a couple of years ago. marble falls Jan 2021 #18

"Not red, but suppressed". K&R. ck4829 Jan 2021 #22