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13. There was still a formidable grassroots network in place at that time...

Reply to eomer (Reply #10)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 09:32 PM

Apr 2014

As fragmented and ego-driven as it had become, this should have been a unifying cause. Granted, it's difficult to rally a cause when all of your leaders have been rubbed out. But still, how many times are you going to have your boot on "The Man's" throat?

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