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OldBaldy1701E

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19. And, I agree completely.

Reply to Deminpenn (Reply #18)

Mon Mar 24, 2025, 07:23 AM

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But, the thought here is that this kind of thing is illegal and wrong and regardless of how useless social media seems to some of us, no one should have to bow to a weak-willed, intolerant bunch of crybabies who cannot do anything without setting up scapegoats first.

They have no right. That does not mean they care, but they do not.

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