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calimary

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4. I find myself wondering how many years...

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Nov 15, 2021, 06:17 PM

Nov 2021

No. How many decades …

No. How many generations …

No … Centuries, maybe?

… before America finally grows up and gets beyond this shit?

Are we doomed to failure - permanently?

Are the problems that profound?

Is the damage that deep?

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🖖‍;-{) Goonch Nov 2021 #1

If the trial were held in the 1960s amb123 Nov 2021 #2

Don't trust your soul to no _____ _____ _____ alphafemale Nov 2021 #3

I find myself wondering how many years... calimary Nov 2021 #4

The nation will fall and be dissolved long before that happens Orrex Nov 2021 #7

Down here in the South, the Civil War is relitigated every day Mr. Ected Nov 2021 #5

Yep. Enough Southerners feed their children the same haterade they drank as a youth, for us to ancianita Nov 2021 #6

Whoa There! GB_RN Nov 2021 #8

Thanks for challenging the "broad brush" approach whathehell Nov 2021 #10

No Worries. GB_RN Nov 2021 #15

----- whathehell Nov 2021 #33

My full apologies. "Every" was stupid of me. I was in the heat of agreement. But I'm wrong. I ancianita Nov 2021 #17

All Good... GB_RN Nov 2021 #27

"some" .. not "every" SarcasticSatyr Nov 2021 #9

Yes. I'll leave it up for now just to remind myself not to post dumb crap like that again. ancianita Nov 2021 #18

Tarring everyone in a group like you did is pre-judging: prejudice and bigotry. Pls self-delete. nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #12

Yes; stupid, prejudiced and bigoted. I will self delete but leave it up for now and take my licks. ancianita Nov 2021 #19

No not all. Texaswitchy Nov 2021 #13

Nope, not at all. ancianita Nov 2021 #20

Very special kids. Texaswitchy Nov 2021 #29

Hold on there cousin. Every white southerner? TomSlick Nov 2021 #14

I hear you. No, not "every." That was stupid of me. ancianita Nov 2021 #22

Everyone says stupid stuff but not everyone owns up to it. TomSlick Nov 2021 #24

I shouldn't have said such stupid stuff to begin with. But thanks for the kind words. ancianita Nov 2021 #25

MOST southerners are the forgiving sort. TomSlick Nov 2021 #26

What a crappy take on us Southerners. nolabear Nov 2021 #16

It truly is. I'm very sorry, nolabear. I know how it came up but that's no excuse whatsoever. ancianita Nov 2021 #23

Thank you! That was gracious and kind. nolabear Nov 2021 #30

... ancianita Nov 2021 #32

Like they say in the south lunatica Nov 2021 #28

Good for her. Good for anyone born in the South not afflicted by generational racism Mr. Ected Nov 2021 #31

He's trying to pull a mistrial. They think this jury will convict. marble falls Nov 2021 #11

I do appreciate what they're trying to do but I hope it doesn't set a precedent.. cadoman Nov 2021 #21