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In reply to the discussion: Have you ever been punched in the face over and over and over again? [View all]BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)87. mostly, yeah....but there is a lot of diversity among liberals too.
Anyway.....same here...
And my troubles are also nothing compared to others....
But still, you can't compare pains....
As California Peggy recently said on that subject--don't go there. You make yourself feel worse.
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Have you ever been punched in the face over and over and over again? [View all]
Tree-Hugger
Jan 2014
OP
LBJ's War On Poverty, which has been a thundering success for 50 years, is now a curse word
Doctor_J
Jan 2014
#118
Speak to the editor of the paper. Perhaps he or she will allow you to write as "anonymous."
MADem
Jan 2014
#78
Not telling you how to write (because you do it really well) but if you push points of
MADem
Jan 2014
#157
I think for some politicians it is more cynical than that. I think that keeping large swaths of
GoneFishin
Jan 2014
#98
i know this 30-something year old woman who's a biiiiig Ayn Rand fan.
BlancheSplanchnik
Jan 2014
#11
It's sad how easy it is to exploit people's selfishness, to their own detriment
redqueen
Jan 2014
#16
For years, Republicans have gone after America's youth at younger and younger ages.
merrily
Jan 2014
#119
I have friends in the same Faux mode. They have been brainwashed. It's PROPAGANDA!
The Wielding Truth
Jan 2014
#116
The US is sinking much like the Titanic did. Problem right now is, those on the
RKP5637
Jan 2014
#54
"2010-style teabaggy win". Millions living now and for years to come, per current and future policy.
jtuck004
Jan 2014
#59
Then you have the likes of Judge Judy looking down on the poor with contempt....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2014
#66
One problem I see first hand is that as the middle class sinks into poverty they are
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#68