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TexasProgresive

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15. Even cowboys didn't wear those hats.

Reply to Bradshaw3 (Reply #14)

Tue Dec 12, 2017, 06:38 PM

Dec 2017

Most were vaqueros and wore sombreros and I'm not sure what the African-American cowboys wore. Those two ethnic groups made up most of the real cowboys. The Hollywood image is just false, not even good fiction, because good fiction should feel real.

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Seeing Moore arrive at his polling place explains how often I've recently heard: [View all] Atticus Dec 2017 OP

Yep! pandr32 Dec 2017 #1

Well, now we understand where THAT came from! Hortensis Dec 2017 #13

Did he actually ride in on his horse? Pachamama Dec 2017 #2

Yes, and all networks covered it. More "must see tv" while the nation circles the drain. nt Atticus Dec 2017 #4

Oh dear fucking gawd. As much an attention whore as Der Twitler Roland99 Dec 2017 #10

It also proves ROFF Dec 2017 #3

Touche! (pronounced "touchy" by Moore supporters). nt Atticus Dec 2017 #8

The fake cowboy obviously doesn't know how to sit on a horse. northoftheborder Dec 2017 #5

Maybe he can do a Christopher Reeve fall and get tossed off the horse on the way home Submariner Dec 2017 #6

So apropos! MoonRiver Dec 2017 #7

Does the guy think he is in Wyoming? Bradshaw3 Dec 2017 #9

The overseers with a whip. TexasProgresive Dec 2017 #12

Good one Bradshaw3 Dec 2017 #14

Even cowboys didn't wear those hats. TexasProgresive Dec 2017 #15

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