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JCMach1

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7. Neither am I. But I also am not going

Reply to Skittles (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 04:45 PM

Jan 9

To put my head in the sand at this point.

The threat of fascism is very real and that road is very f'ing dangerous.

We are already pushing Stage 5 of Paxton's stages of fascism.

My wife is an immigrant citizen. My son was born outside the country and has the State Department birth certificate. My wife and son are brown, so personally I am taking nothing for granted.

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