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tblue37

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Fri Nov 14, 2025, 04:15 PM Nov 14

Great Thomas Paine quote: [View all]

'I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man' -- Tom Paine via the great Jill Lepore

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...)

Susan Glasser (@sbg1.bsky.social) 2025-11-14T15:54:41.064Z
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Great Thomas Paine quote: [View all] tblue37 Nov 14 OP
The Scots gotta love that lame54 Nov 14 #1
Did you... 2naSalit Nov 14 #2
That's exactly what i did... lame54 Nov 14 #3
And then... 2naSalit Nov 14 #4
Et tu Brutish? lame54 Nov 14 #5
LOL! 2naSalit Nov 14 #6
Yep! Hope22 Nov 14 #7
Trump is not a sot so is not "sottish". Disaffected Nov 14 #8
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