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Walleye

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6. I would say most of them are, but some of them have seen the error of their ways

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 8, 2022, 12:06 PM

Apr 2022

But people tend to forget the civil rights movement was not even two generations ago. We are still dealing with the rabid segregationist racists. They had to stay undercover for a while but Trump gave them permission to come back out and raise their spawn as well as racists. It’s very discouraging. The people my age went to the very first racially integrated schools. We experienced the change. It’s very sad to see we haven’t gotten any farther

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Remember, a lot of those deplorable racists in the top picture are still with us.Those very people Walleye Apr 2022 #4

Always wish Media would track some of those MFers down and see if Hoyt Apr 2022 #5

I would say most of them are, but some of them have seen the error of their ways Walleye Apr 2022 #6

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