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Hortensis

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19. I believe the view you express is warped and unbalanced.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Reply #18)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 05:42 PM

Dec 2016

Whatever "a lot of civilians" is, it's a drop in the bucket of 200,000,000 workers. Resentful personalities will always look for wrongs, real or imagined, to feed their fire and, of course, make the most of them.

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Why are you attacking all Americans, Nemesis? Hortensis Dec 2016 #6

Give Me A Break. When I Worked At DOL There Was A Lot Of Resentment Against Veterans. TheMastersNemesis Dec 2016 #18

I believe the view you express is warped and unbalanced. Hortensis Dec 2016 #19

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