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erronis

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7. And to think that his win was what triggered the teaparty/magats. Just like Brown v. Board of Education.

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 17, 2025, 08:50 PM

Apr 2025

Those poor losers (white, racist southern sympathizers) who barely put up with some level of accommodation and were driven to fury by seeing someone "other" that was competent and successful.

Of course the "driven to fury" was highly abetted by forces that hated any form of liberalism and hated democracy for all.

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And to think that his win was what triggered the teaparty/magats. Just like Brown v. Board of Education. erronis Apr 2025 #7

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