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walkingman

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11. It is not really worth the effort. I grew up in Mississippi - left when I finished HS -

Reply to Bettie (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 29, 2021, 05:20 PM

Sep 2021

you are not going to change the minds of these folks. They live in a vacuum that is supported by most of the people around them and have been for generations.

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A Woman said this? Eliot Rosewater Sep 2021 #1

Sadly, yes. 😠 ShazzieB Sep 2021 #5

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You know, I had a whole response ready to go Bettie Sep 2021 #6

It is not really worth the effort. I grew up in Mississippi - left when I finished HS - walkingman Sep 2021 #11

Wait, wut? OilemFirchen Sep 2021 #8

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