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JHB

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19. Which term hadn't you heard? Gold Star Families or "allow them to speak"?

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #12)

Fri Jun 4, 2021, 12:51 PM

Jun 2021

"Gold star families" has been around since at least WW2, maybe WW1. The "let them speak" bit is of more recent vintage (but mainly when it's something RWers are pushing. It's ok for RWers to dunk on someone saying things they don't like, like the Khans.

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