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rampartd

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4. odd thoughts

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2025, 08:19 AM

Feb 11

when american women are lined up in the snow for cabbages where will the cabbages come from?

in the 1960s we were taught that the evil of the communists stemmed from their surveillance and arbitrary legal system, which are pretty much the hallmarks of trumpist america. the text for that high school class, by the way, was "masters of deceit" by j edgar hoover.

there was also something about "human nature" being oppositional to socialism but i have seen that when people have little is when they share the most

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Oklahoma lawmakers oppose schools teaching on evils of communism [View all] Emile Feb 11 OP

Hey Rep. Wooley! How about THIS radical idea? no_hypocrisy Feb 11 #1

How enlightened NJCher Feb 11 #2

How about a course called "Stalin was a shit" which enumerates the various evils of jls4561 Feb 11 #3

odd thoughts rampartd Feb 11 #4

And add fascism to the list. The Madcap Feb 11 #5

Oh my. Don't let "atrocities of Communism" be taught back-to-back with "New Testament Christianity" Seinan Sensei Feb 11 #6