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NickB79

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24. My best friend's parents were sent there

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #20)

Mon Jul 10, 2017, 03:09 PM

Jul 2017

They watched their oldest son, all of 5 years old, die of starvation and disease, before they were able to escape through the countryside and cross the border, eventually ending up in South Dakota as refugees, taken in by a US foster family through a church program.

Their crime was owning a successful restaurant and a Mercedes.

The depths of human cruelty never ceases to amaze me.

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That's because they are all a bunch of dumbasses Freedomofspeech Jul 2017 #1

I agree that many are dumbasses, but... Caliman73 Jul 2017 #23

Yes. dawg Jul 2017 #31

That's scary. dhol82 Jul 2017 #2

filling the student's mind with all those fake-facts - like evolution and humans having an impact DrDan Jul 2017 #3

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explains a lot, doesn't it... unblock Jul 2017 #5

This didn't happen by chance gratuitous Jul 2017 #6

Yes, repugs have been working on it for a long time, elleng Jul 2017 #7

They have been brainwashed into thinking that their kids will turn liberal The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #8

I say Republicans are bad for America. nt raccoon Jul 2017 #9

looks like a case study in just how malleable republicans' brains are these days. unblock Jul 2017 #10

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Wow, just wow! smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #12

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Thank you for this, we needed that link. mountain grammy Jul 2017 #25

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The gang of students shouting exboyfil Jul 2017 #33

So, you're saying their parents should stop them? maxsolomon Jul 2017 #35

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I'm from Washington state, and about as leftist as they come... regnaD kciN Jul 2017 #36

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When the threats are received exboyfil Jul 2017 #45

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In about 5 years, people who wear glasses and/or own books will be rounded up and inprisoned nt Dream Girl Jul 2017 #19

Like Pol Pot did in Cambodia. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #20

Exactly! Dream Girl Jul 2017 #21

My best friend's parents were sent there NickB79 Jul 2017 #24

Awful...so much of it spurred on by the crowd mentaility Dream Girl Jul 2017 #43

Everyone in Amerika GallopingGhost Jul 2017 #22

Hoped the title referred to Electoral Colleges. BSdetect Jul 2017 #26

Taliban USA SHRED Jul 2017 #27

Know nothingism has apparently become a thing Dem2 Jul 2017 #28

A return to Dickensian times. Cattledog Jul 2017 #29

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