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BeneteauBum

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48. If you advocate violence..

Reply to erodriguez (Reply #31)

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 03:17 PM

Jan 2025

then you perpetuate violence. That paradigm fits right in with MAGA/Nazi dogma. Good luck.
Peace ☮️

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