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Tickle

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7. I thought I was alone in this thinking

Reply to womanofthehills (Reply #5)

Wed May 1, 2024, 01:14 PM

May 1

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Had to laugh this morning listening to someone on the news blaming "outside agitators" for protests. Reminded of [View all] Rafi May 1 OP

It's all over DU also. Marcus IM May 1 #1

"Plastics"--such an innocent reference in that movie that has led to a horror that will destroy lives hlthe2b May 1 #2

Um. I didn't have a point. Just quoting a line from an old movie i found humorous and still applicable today. Rafi May 17 #15

Please don't be rude. You brought up the movie and I commented on my reference then & now... hlthe2b May 17 #17

Wow. If you think my comment is rude you must have a tough life. Rafi May 18 #18

I'm also a fan of paid protesters. Hope22 May 1 #3

A tried and true slander going back decades. Often code for "Jewish," ironically enough. WhiskeyGrinder May 1 #4

It's sad that you are laughing when our country is so divided. womanofthehills May 1 #5

Who benefits by dividing our party? And how? Irish_Dem May 1 #6

I thought I was alone in this thinking Tickle May 1 #7

Humor is always appropriate. It allows us to gain a perspective on the insanity that surrounds us. Voltaire2 May 1 #8

I didn't see anybody getting attacked last night Tribetime May 1 #14

Think for a moment and tell me a period when our country wasn't divided. That is why the qoute was funny. Rafi May 17 #16

It reminds me more of the 1960s in general than of The Graduate. hvn_nbr_2 May 1 #9

I wasn't politically sentient in the 1960s, but your post does remind me of recent Putin backed claims Crunchy Frog May 1 #13

And Richard Dreyfuss BigmanPigman May 1 #10

Let me explain why *I* think there are agitators and why it makes a difference ecstatic May 1 #11

Yeah, that line came to my mind too. Even though I was only 4 when that movie came out. Crunchy Frog May 1 #12

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