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4. That's what they called the protesters in the South

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 10:12 PM

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during the Civil Rights era. "Outside agitators." I remember people using that phrase when I was a kid, like somehow saying they were from elsewhere and they were protesting meant that they were illegitimate. That's what he's doing here, but it isn't going to work.

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