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Shermann

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13. Politicians love manufactured causes

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Sun Apr 16, 2023, 12:26 PM

Apr 2023

If you didn't even know there was a problem in the first place, how can you then determine if it was actually fixed?

Politicians who are willing to put in the hard work will focus on some of the hard problems.

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The "trans issue" and the GOP [View all] edhopper Apr 2023 OP

The thrill in life for Republicans is doing something 'naughty' Model35mech Apr 2023 #1

Puritans in Public, PERVERTS in private. ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2023 #2

IMO, yep. Model35mech Apr 2023 #6

They lost this issue too LostOne4Ever Apr 2023 #3

And as more and more folks become aware Zambero Apr 2023 #4

The number of transgender folks is much lower than gay, black , immigrant. or any other group you BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #10

Get this Zambero Apr 2023 #14

Much of what you say is true, and I certainly cannot argue with your anecdotal neighbor story. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #16

About a third of our nation is deplorable. hunter Apr 2023 #5

And the problem edhopper Apr 2023 #9

As influenced by the billionaire deplorables and their... hunter Apr 2023 #12

And a feckless edhopper Apr 2023 #17

I do love when people call the boogeyman, the "boogie man" because I imagine a disco character. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #7

I separated edhopper Apr 2023 #8

My autocorrect is smarter than yours! BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #11

Politicians love manufactured causes Shermann Apr 2023 #13

They haven't given up on their fight against Gay marriage, just as they never gave up on abortion. Midnight Writer Apr 2023 #15