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summer_in_TX

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5. Ding ding ding!

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 12:53 AM

Mar 2022

Yes, we have to work our way back to the condition where most of us can disagree without being disagreeable, where the social lubricant of good-natured tolerance prevails.

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It was bash Democrats night at the VFW, I turned the tables [View all] KS Toronado Mar 2022 OP

Monkeywrenching. cbabe Mar 2022 #1

A nod to Edward Abbey? timvrip Mar 2022 #14

Welcome to DU! KS Toronado Mar 2022 #23

Yes. Love Desert Solitaire. Reread every few years. cbabe Mar 2022 #32

Yep timvrip Mar 2022 #33

Have you ever asked them iemanja Mar 2022 #2

From my experience KS Toronado Mar 2022 #12

I think you went over there heads...just a thought....you should have asked if it was alright to turbinetree Mar 2022 #3

I tend to agree. The heavily indoctrinated do not find paradox, sarcasm, or complex ccomparison hlthe2b Mar 2022 #18

Honestly, our future depends a lot on people like you and a few of them Hoyt Mar 2022 #4

Ding ding ding! summer_in_TX Mar 2022 #5

Thank you Hoyt KS Toronado Mar 2022 #6

here's my line in the sand stopdiggin Mar 2022 #7

NEVER in my life have I ever had any positive thoughts about IQ4.5 KS Toronado Mar 2022 #10

I think you misinterpreted stopdiggin Mar 2022 #24

OK then, "you" in my post means YOU and YOU alone KS Toronado Mar 2022 #25

Thank you KS Toronado! calimary Mar 2022 #11

Great job, KS! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #15

I remember a dinner at my house mountain grammy Mar 2022 #29

Good for you KS Toronado Mar 2022 #31

Way to operate as an insurgent in a red conclave. brush Mar 2022 #8

+1, uponit7771 Mar 2022 #27

Comrade, you know our comrades - UTUSN Mar 2022 #9

Your comment gave me a belly laugh, thanks I needed one. KS Toronado Mar 2022 #28

I Ask Them One Question - Nane Something Republicans Have Done To Help DanieRains Mar 2022 #13

Good one KS Toronado Mar 2022 #30

Kicking for visibility SheltieLover Mar 2022 #16

If I were to try that, someone would surely eventually notice the heavily pinned voodo doll hlthe2b Mar 2022 #17

My FIL quit going to the VFW because he was sick of their politics Buckeyeblue Mar 2022 #19

I BeerBarrelPolka Mar 2022 #21

+1 Emile Mar 2022 #20

Good job, I am also sick and tired of Trump voters bullshit. fightforfreedom Mar 2022 #22

GQP sarcasm detectors are broken. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #26