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rasputin1952

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37. True, but what is the alternative...

Thu Jan 9, 2025, 12:56 PM

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Subservience?

Not while I'm still around. W

We don't have to be violent. We need to stand together and face down the ludicrous notion of being "obedient" to
a regime that should never exist in this nation.

I don't see a Civil War on the horizon, but I see a huge group of people who will refuse to give in to T****'s power grab.

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