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OmahaBlueDog

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17. I'm not sure any of us would want to be judged on what we said or did in high school

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu May 10, 2012, 03:53 PM

May 2012

If he did that - it would have been wrong. That's not the point I'm arguing here. The point is that many people did abhorrent and stupid things in high school that have little or no bearing on who they are today. People grow up in racism and outgrow it. People participate in gang activity in high school and outgrow it.

The judgement should be whether Mitt Romney is on the wrong side of history now with his views on marriage equality.

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lot of support from the teachers at that exclusive school. WI_DEM May 2012 #10

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I'm not sure any of us would want to be judged on what we said or did in high school OmahaBlueDog May 2012 #17

He was a bigot and a bully then, he's a bigot and a bully now. MerryBlooms May 2012 #24

I gather he he has largely went from horrendous to black hole across the board TheKentuckian May 2012 #29

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Agreed. highplainsdem May 2012 #27