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maptap22

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4. I agree that people are afraid but...

Reply to young_at_heart (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:20 PM

Jan 10

I think it is also waking people up. We should not be afraid of our own government and people are getting more and more angry about their fear. I think it is having the opposite affect. Sure we are all afraid but we are Americans damn it! History has proven that we will stand up to tyranny at all costs.

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