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MADem

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1. Really! Imagine the alternative...

Reply to Hairy Harry Potlover (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2016, 01:54 AM

May 2016

It really is something that they're finally admitting that it was a fuckup. Now, they'll still want everyone to feel the exact same way about the degree of fuckupitude, with no deviation from the Party Line--but it's a start!

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