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rurallib

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9. Have always wondered that myself - was raised strict catholic

Reply to HughBeaumont (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 24, 2017, 12:37 PM

Apr 2017

and could never understand the hate for those unlike us - heck with the catholics back in the day the irish catholics hated the Slavic catholics.

The only thing I can come up with is some instinct within animals (our ancestry) to cull the herd of those who would in some way make the herd not be nimble and quick enough in times of distress.

Religious beliefs and crazies fascinate me in a scary way.

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I feared three Presidencies. [View all] HughBeaumont Apr 2017 OP

We survived Nixon, Reagan, and W. We'll survive Trumpy. FSogol Apr 2017 #1

Well, assuming he gets ousted. HughBeaumont Apr 2017 #2

I'm usually the optimist in the room but there's so much money behind Putin and the oligarchs KittyWampus Apr 2017 #5

What makes me angry is that we're not pressing this as much as we should be. HughBeaumont Apr 2017 #8

May as well add Pence to that list cause it is a real possibility rurallib Apr 2017 #3

If we're talking the people who initially ran in the primary, as an amendment. HughBeaumont Apr 2017 #4

Pence was planning to run rurallib Apr 2017 #6

I NEVER understood the Religious Wrong's OBSESSION that everyone MUST be straight and cis. HughBeaumont Apr 2017 #7

Have always wondered that myself - was raised strict catholic rurallib Apr 2017 #9

My fear was always Huckabee ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #10

Oh GOD, Huckabee . . . a whole family of idiots. HughBeaumont Apr 2017 #11