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Oneironaut

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7. Because OUTRAGE!

Reply to GaYellowDawg (Original post)

Thu Sep 1, 2016, 06:51 AM

Sep 2016

Somebody told me to be angry, so I have to be angry! It doesn't matter if I actually know anything about the story I'm angry about - everybody else in my "faction" is angry about it, so I have to be too!

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All this furor over Kaepernik makes no sense to me. [View all] GaYellowDawg Sep 2016 OP

Agree completely. cheapdate Sep 2016 #1

The media is telling people to care Lee-Lee Sep 2016 #2

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2016 #3

True, non-compliance with social norms is seen as rejection of prevailing authority HereSince1628 Sep 2016 #4

That is one of the best posts I MicaelS Sep 2016 #6

Exellent post! n/t ronnie624 Sep 2016 #11

As a veteran kairos12 Sep 2016 #5

Because OUTRAGE! Oneironaut Sep 2016 #7

Nationalistic brainwashing. Odin2005 Sep 2016 #8

OH NOES, HE DIDN'T STAND FOR THE SPECIAL SONG!!! backscatter712 Sep 2016 #9

It's all subjective The2ndWheel Sep 2016 #10

Clearly, you're not a fascist. nt killbotfactory Sep 2016 #12