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The Blue Flower

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1. "Let all the poisons that live in the mud hatch out."

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2025, 02:44 PM

Mar 2025

Emperor Claudius' final pronouncement at the end of the BBC series "I, Claudius." Meaning that the best revenge would be to let the people have all the sh-- they were clamoring for. It would do them and the republic good to have to live through it. I consider it the best response to all of this nonsense and mess.

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This "fight" has been a long time coming [View all] senseandsensibility Mar 2025 OP

"Let all the poisons that live in the mud hatch out." The Blue Flower Mar 2025 #1

Thank you for your very literate reply senseandsensibility Mar 2025 #2

One of my very favorite quotes Big Blue Marble Mar 2025 #6

If I could modify just one word in your OP, this reckoning has been a long time coming. Efilroft Sul Mar 2025 #3

All you need to do is listen to Reagan/Republicans speeches way back. kerry-is-my-prez Mar 2025 #4

I heard them when I was a teenager. I knew then they were trouble. Efilroft Sul Mar 2025 #5

Back in the 80s they focused on filling boards of education across the country CrispyQ Mar 2025 #7