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thenelm1

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15. The gov'ts may be trying to work things out, but the religious fanatics?

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #10)

Fri Jul 30, 2021, 11:12 PM

Jul 2021

As to officials knowing in advance? Maybe, but look at us in the good ole US of A. Our own extremist from the right are threatening anyone from their "side" who doesn't kowtow to their views (whatever the heck they might be - not really sure they know for the most part beyond "sticking it to the libs", whatever that is supposed to mean).

Here we have a woman, from a country that already treats women as chattel, and you don't think that there will be no pushback from their own religious fundamentalists? A trait that country has been notorious for since forever? I hope you're right.

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