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LiberalLoner

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8. Even little things, like acting like being nice or kind are weaknesses and to be

Reply to LiberalLoner (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 22, 2021, 01:05 PM

Mar 2021

Looked down upon. Helping others is a weakness to be scorned. Anyone who is nice is just considered a sucker to abuse. It’s just so weird how all of them have totally gone against the morals they were raised with. It bothers me a great deal.

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Anyone familiar with this quote? I just came upon it while reading... [View all] Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 OP

Oui. elleng Mar 2021 #1

A Republican, no less n/t True Dough Mar 2021 #2

Yes, he made it in 1875. Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #4

It illustrates the point that a Civil War now would be nothing like the old one FakeNoose Mar 2021 #3

And when Grant said that he wasn't musing about something abstract Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #7

It really does. I find myself wishing so much I could just talk to you guys about LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #5

My last remaining source of hope for the foreseeable future is Biden's economic agenda Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #6

Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #9

Even little things, like acting like being nice or kind are weaknesses and to be LiberalLoner Mar 2021 #8

"Patriotism" can be every bit as rotten as religion. hunter Mar 2021 #10

Yes, but words are symbols for concepts. What "patriotism" means differs depending on the person Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #11