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Delmette2.0

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14. Found in my Father's keepsakes.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Mar 15, 2024, 12:52 PM

Mar 2024

You have each been given a bag of tools,
a formless rock and a book of rules
and each must make, ere life has flown
A stumbling block or stepping stone

The post you presented Malaise reminded me of it.

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The hardest truth to face for racist white America [View all] malaise Mar 2024 OP

Im reading White Rural Rage right now Johonny Mar 2024 #1

A close friend went to University with a rural white American malaise Mar 2024 #2

Sadly the devastation of rural life is then blamed on redqueen Mar 2024 #5

Dems need o point out how the corporations malaise Mar 2024 #7

"The rural and urban poor will one day realize that they are both facing the same problems" redqueen Mar 2024 #8

Yep, it's almost all about money. Sure, rural whites have prejudices, but big money preyed KPN Mar 2024 #11

Racism is taught! usonian Mar 2024 #3

Well said malaise Mar 2024 #4

Here's how to sniff a racist fuckstain"Are White people inherently good? Are black people predisposed to violent crime?" SoFlaBro Mar 2024 #6

Clearly I see it & DownriverDem Mar 2024 #9

Some of them would like to go right back to slavery malaise Mar 2024 #10

dark ages . AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #12

ever since i was little and a young man in the 60s i heard this nonsense . AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #13

Found in my Father's keepsakes. Delmette2.0 Mar 2024 #14

In song - builders for eternity malaise Mar 2024 #15

Oh that is so dear! I'm going to bookmark so I remember when needed to make stepping stones out of PortTack Mar 2024 #19

Recommended. H2O Man Mar 2024 #16

Racists must ignore your "given the same opportunities" qualifier Bundbuster Mar 2024 #17

Great post malaise Mar 2024 #18