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In reply to the discussion: I am an older white woman, a retired teacher. [View all]countryjake
(8,554 posts)that are equally outrageous and we can snort and stomp til we're limping blue in the face, but it will not make them disappear. And worse yet, often, the more a person tries to sensibly object, the more outrageous the crap being tossed around becomes. Maddie, I've watched it happen too many times since our new and improved DU was introduced and in the end, it's just not worth the aggravation.
You know, just this week I read a DUer who wrote that he hopes that the newly-released captured soldier will be facing a firing squad upon his return. I must have typed a dozen responses to that since I first saw it, was drawn to re-read such a comment every day I logged in, but I deleted each set of thoughts I'd had and never posted a thing.
I'm tickled that this thread is a good one and I've been really glad to see that you decided to come back to DU.
Again, to you!