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KT2000

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3. I went to school with a girl

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 03:39 PM

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who was crippled from polio. She walked strangely and today trump would have made fun of her.

As a grown person, a woman in my neighborhood had survived polio and had to use leg braces her whole life. It hit her again when she was in her 50s as they have learned can happen.

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