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10 years
In my dream my dead-- Dad said, its nice up here but-- I miss pastrami. #haiku
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@SarahKSilverman It's a horrible tragedy, I agree. But is the alternative, who uses human shields, wins?
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@HumaZhr If you stand with Hamas, you mean You remember, Hamas?
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@mhdksafa Um, Jesus was a Jew. And not a Palestinian - a Judean. The name "Palestine" was given to the area by the Romans, after they crushed Judea, and renamed it, roughly 40-50 years after Jesus was crucified. There. I fixed it.
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@KyleKulinski Um, the Houthis have attacked any number of vessels that have zero connection to Israel But never mind, you know that and don't care.
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@CharlesMBlow So... you are cool with Colin K being unemployable in the NFL?
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@mbeisen @lhfang @eLife @TheOnion That's outrageous and ridiculous (And fwiw, an Onion headline in and of itself)
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@rachshabi Huh. So, the life of an ISIS guy who beheads and burns people alive is worth the same as yours? Clarifying!
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@firasshams1 Well, either that, or they genuinely believe Israel is in the right and for some crazy reason do not support genocidal murdering raping torturing kidnapping jihadist Hamas?
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@mhdksafa Not clear at all. It's Hamas versus Israel. There I fixed it.
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@richimedhurst 1. Arab countries that have forcibly expelled Palestinians en masse Jordan Lebanon Kuwait Egypt 2. See #1 3. Land stolen: None
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@soulkhan Yes! It should be noble, peace-loving freedom fighting Hamas that addresses Congress!
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Please watch. Just... great. Great.
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One of the best and most powerful speeches I have ever heard. Whatever side you are on right now, this message will help us all.
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@CynthiaNixon Huh. But you don’t blame Hamas? Impressive! A new low - even for you!
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@ianbremmer Meaning, Hamas lied, deliberately, to foment hatred and chaos. And the disgusting corporate media trumpeted the lie. Well, maybe people will drop the "Jews control the media" bile. Nah.
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@marwilliamson Seriously? You mean like Iran? Hamas? Houthis? Hezbollah? Huh. But you never express outrage about them and sympathize w/ so-called "progressive" Palestine rage despite its roots in them - who proudly openly explicitly legally barbarically oppress women
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@DrIbram @SwipeWright If this cult leader thing doesn’t work out, you’d be awesome at The Onion
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@RepCori Wait, what? Women get pregnant??
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@mhdksafa Acceptable! Not kidnapped - Detained (and available to be photographed it seems) Not tortured - Restrained UN Staff? Maybe. Maybe not. Wearing shirt. Proof of status? Of course not. Feel better?
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@ianbremmer So you mean “most of the world” should decide Israel’s- or any nation’s - defense and security policies?
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@MarkLevineNYC Are you a writer for The Onion? If not, you should be.
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@ianbremmer That’s what you think needs be said right now? Seriously?
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@sciam It's SO hard to be The Onion these days.
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@ddayen @TheProspect Good grief, this is so cowardly. For shame.
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@ggreenwald Laughable - stupid, vile, but laughable So price Muslim nations "support" US is abandon allies, make common cause, tolerate fascist jihadism? Then good riddance Good luck with China - and say hi to Tibetans and Uyghurs
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@RedCollectiveUK “The public”? Laughable Maybe your crowd- and you wont be missed
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@AGHamilton29 They should change their slogan? "All the news that fits the narrative"
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@mattyglesias Respectfully, it's your take that's cynical. Why can't RFK's supporters just be behind him because they like him and enough of his views?
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@DouglasKMurray @YouTube Thank you Mr. Murray. Inspiring and brave. And much needed.
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@briebriejoy Repugnant. But seriously? Happens every day at "pro palestine" rallies. And you know it. Countless examples. Here's just one:
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🚨Hamas supporter in London says the quiet part out loud “Hitler knew how to deal with these people" It always has been pure Jew-hatred under the guise of anti-Zionism. Watch more from @ThevoiceAlexa on the ground at .
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@ianbremmer Based on what? Global public opinion polls? Remember the disapproval- outrage - when Israel took out Iraq’s nuclear infrastructure? Anyone wish they hadn’t done it? Think Ukraine strategies should be subject to this test? Or that Allied WW2 strategies would have - should have -
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@exavierpope Huh. So then how explain Trump's surging popularity in Black and Spanish-speaking communities?
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@michaelharriot Meaning, absence of evidence is evidence of absence? Um, no.
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@dianabuttu Laughable How many rulings and UN resolutions have Hamas and Hezbollah ignored? (ICJ ordered Hamas release all hostages, remember?)
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@conor64 @CathyYoung63 @megynkelly Not sure I understand your point. Did Carlson tell his audience things he didn't believe? Or have on guests who said things he didn't believe? If the latter, what cable host or journalist could possibly pass the test?
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@aayoub Yes! No one should ever forget the genocidal atrocities committed by Hamas!
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@kiyahwillis I recently heard someone say, such people don't use language for communication, they use it for intimidation. Truth.
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@MyriamFrancoisC Oops, you mean hold Hamas to account If Hamas releases the hostages and surrenders, the war will end in a heartbeat But never mind - you know that and don't care
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@DavidSacks Huge fan sir but respectfully disagree. For one thing it's way too soon to know let alone understand Israel's actions. Maybe more important, the clip you included here could have been taken at so many times in so many places. Israel faces this everyday no matter what it does...
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@robertwrighter "Try" operative word. Respectfully, you fail. Win: @coldxman
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@jamesdgreig False. So utterly false, seems deliberately so. Palestinian state would be a sovereign nation, full stop. Foreign and economic policy autonomy, full stop. Refugees were offered settlement in new Palestinian state with huge $ reparations. Sorry to burst your bubble but there is
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@nour_zeidan Yes! Free of Hamas and all jihadist fascists!
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@EricLevitz Hostage video, in the form of a tweet.
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@holland_tom @RosamundUrwin Hmm. All anonymous. 10+ years after alleged incidents. And only (per The Times!) when "approached by journalists." And when Brand now hugely popular critic of "progressive" movement and media. Heroic? Paging Senator McCarthy... Joe McCarthy, white courtsey telephone please...
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@RichardHanania Um, ugly and tragic and sad for sure But Kennedy didn't take "custody of the kids as a way to force her to agree to a divorce" - no one can do that. Only a judge can decide custody. That only happens if the divorcing spouses can't agree. So Kennedy petitioned the court for
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@mattyglesias Even so, what they have done is outrageous and awful.
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@DavidSacks I agree. But can Israel possibly allow Hamas to continue to rule Gaza? If not, what might you envision as achieving that balance?
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@PrimoRadical @RobertKennedyJr @RollingStone He doesn't ignore any of those things - he speaks openly and often about how such allegations are deliberately poisonous nonsense. (Which you would know if you ever listened to him, instead of just spewing bile.)
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@MalakaShwaikh Yes! Tragically, evil Hamas loves every minute of it, planned it and deliberately brought it on - for PR
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@briebriejoy That is so wrong, dishonest and vile its a new low for you Which is really something
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@jrichlive 1) we obsess about what others think about us. In truth no one thinks about us at all 2) Progress is a relative concept not an absolute one. The arc of history doesn't bend. It's a pretzel. 3) Toilet paper should always roll out *over* not under
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@ThiaBallerina Sorry, who?
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@krithikavaragur @Columbia Yes! Now please resign from all other boards and decline all future requests?
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@robertwrighter I think you meant to say - "its generals who are organizing, directing and supplying military and terror attacks on Israel"?
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@Dienne_7 Could be How many Hamas combatants killed?
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@krystalball Our tax dollars? So are you suggesting all aid to Gaza/Hamas stop?
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@MarkRuffalo “Equation”? Congratulations - a new low, even for you!
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@SuppressedNws This is great news - thankfully, people can differentiate between fantasy and reality You remember, reality?
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@YoniMichanie However, none cancelled their subscriptions to the @NYTimes
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@SpencerGuard Facts do matter Which is why no one takes Hamas numbers seriously
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@richimedhurst No idea how Euro Cup rules work. But since Israel is clearly not committing "genocide" then your question is moot After all, with the super high population density of Gaza, and the now weeks of aerial bombardment, if Israel was committing "genocide", or even trying, then why
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@afalkhatib Yes. But one also has to imagine Hamas leaders in Gaza not hiding in fortified deep tunnels, and using their own people as human shields.
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@GeorgeMonbiot If you are open to calm persuasion, respectfully, you are wrong. Aired on the BBC, no israel-lover:
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You’ll be hard pressed to find more knowledgeable experts on international law and how it effects Israel in its response to the Hamas massacre, than barrister Natasha Hausdorff! Brilliant explanation here on BBC.
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@sschweb1 Laughable They've had so many opportunities to do it But haven't Why? Israel tried give Gaza back to Egypt (occupied Gaza '48-'67) a few times. Egypt: No. Ditto Jordan and West Bank But you be you!
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@LeeCamp Then the word has lost all meaning.
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Since college kids don't seem to be learning anything on campuses except how to be the mouthpieces of terrorists, allow me to offer an education. You can't claim the Palestinians are victims of 'genocide' or 'ethnic cleansing' when it's clear their population grows year over
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@hadjalahbib 100% on Hamas - intl law clear, Hamas embeds in school then legit military target Oh never mind. You know all that, don't care - just relish smearing Jews, er, I mean, Zionists
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@tksshawa Fascinating. Bogus deliberately misleading use of word "ceasefire." A war ends with armistice (treaty usually) or one side surrender Ceasefire *IS* "pause" Cease. Fire. Get it? SO many prior Gaza ceasefires, Hamas broke all. And unlike Hamas, Israel honest: Hamas break pledge,
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@mtracey Bless Jimmy Carter, but "Hamas said"? So Hamas's bloodthirsty barbarism is in the service of what? A border negotiation? Hezbollah and Iran just... posturing also? It's absolutely stunning and insane - and revealing, and self-destructive - to see so clearly that some in the
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@mattyglesias Doesn't fit the oppressor/oppressed and decolonization narrative.
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@walterkirn "It is the privilege of the establishment to experience its power as idealism." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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@richimedhurst A shameful stain, for sure. How about this legacy? You're notably silent on it.
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🧵As part of a self-declared jihad which lasted from 1983 to 2005, Sudanese Arabs sought to subjugate and enslave the Black Sudanese of the mostly Christian South. The onslaught cost the lives of perhaps 2.5 million Black Sudanese and the freedom of an estimated 200,000 more. 1/9
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@AaronRegunberg Laughable panic porn It's 2037. You're weekend napping. Your son looks up from his phone: "Hey dad, I'm reading history stuff for school, what was all that end-of-the-world junk over... wait, sorry... Trump? I think he was President back then maybe?" You smile a little: "Yep,
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@HelenWebberley 100% agree. Personally, I find "Doctor" and "Dr" to be very outdated. We should instead use "Meaningless Credential"
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@ianbremmer Um, you meaning caving in to Iran and proxies demands will make less likely to do in future? That gummy really kicked in bigtime eh?
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@AbbyMartin Good grief. Got to love it when people say "the media won't tell you" about an issue that is literally discussed, debated, screamed about pretty much every day around the world. The Middle East! Israel! Palestinians! Hamas! Gaza! WHO KNEW!?
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@SilvermanJacob You don't have a right of return. You have an offer of citizenship. Other countries do the same thing. Ireland, for example. See below. No refugees have ever been given a "right of return." Also in 1948, in a UN partition along religious lines which created Pakistan, there was
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@NickKristof “Over the top”? You mean all those other wars have been gentle and kind? What a crock. Shame on you
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@zackbeauchamp So Muslim peoples say price "support" US is we abandon allies, make common cause, ignore or tolerate fascist jihadism? Then good riddance Oh and good luck with China - please say hi to the Tibetans and Uyghurs for us!
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@krystalball Well, either that, or her contract had a morals clause, and she was fired because she violated it by taking a loud public partisan stand in a heated controversial matter. That's truth
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@aaronjmate That's utterly false But we get it - you have to say it's true otherwise your entire narrative collapses.
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@amjadt25 Hamas ***targets*** civilians 24/7/365 Just because their rockets are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome doesn't somehow reduce Hamas uncountable war crimes and acts of terror
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@ZaidJilani I don't know what you know, of course. But are you suggesting Bill Clinton's memoir is not a fair recollection of his Camp David experience with Israel and the Palestinians? And that Hillary Clinton's very recent comments on the Hamas war are disingenuous or calculated?
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@OwenJones84 Don't agree with your characterization, but at least it does subtly acknowledge that Hamas and Iran et al's "complicity in mass slaughter" is so obvious and appalling it does not need to be "exposed"
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@anneapplebaum @SykesCharlie I get the point (and also think it's noteworthy) but careful what you argue -- saying no billionaires or corporate fat cats or university deans or big power lawyers like him... is one of the things his supporters relish
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@IBJIYONGI @susiebright The intense racism of suggesting that someone is beyond reproach simply for his or her ethnicity or race Exactly the same as suggesting someone should be condemned simply for his/her enthnicity or race I know you don't see it this way, but your post could very easily be from
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@GadSaad Love and respect and admire you sir A maybe positive dimension- social media also allows the rot under the surface to be seen and understood that much quicker and wider. Sunlight is the best disinfectant (I pray) and so much is out under the sun that would have festered
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@jmcevoy_2 *Only* Israel give up nuclear weapons? Huh. I wonder why. 🙄
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@martyrmade You somehow leave out that 800,000 Jews were forced out if their ancestral homes in a large number of Arab countries at exactly the same. Being a Jew was made illegal in some. Those ethnically cleansed Jews were welcomed in Israel. Palestinian refugees have never been welcomed in
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@SarahTheHaider I get the point and share the worry. But maybe the past offers a little hope? The raging often violent far-left youth movement of the 1960s and early 1970s certainly had a big effect, but also arguably didn't even stop the Vietnam War, got Nixon elected twice, made a juicy
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@johncusack Hamas uses human shields. Guess that gummy really kicked in fast and hard
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@AlanRMacLeod Just as Hamas wanted, it would seem.
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@CaitlinPacific @JamesOKeefeIII Disappointed in apology. Expect more from you. Not defending O’Keefe excesses-they’re legion. But this info needed to get out and pedigreed media suppressed it. Trashing the source is irrelevant and poisonous - ask Edward Snowden. What matters is, is it important news. This is.
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@Hind_Gaza Yes! Hamas makes everyone vomit!
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@abdallah_fayyad @KyleKulinski @latimes Alas, no one reads the LA Times anymore But self-satisfying virtue signalling for the skeleton crew of wokesters still working there, I guess
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@ManishaKrishnan You, Ms. Krishnan, are a nincompoop. That is all. Thank you.
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@DavidAFrench "Asset"? Respectfully sir the Mueller Report (in recent declassified sections) found neither Stone nor Wikileaks had any involvement with Russia. At worst they disseminated materials acquired independently before their involvement, which may -may- have been purloined by Russians.
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@maxwelltani This is standard practice no? Or used to be? If a journalist is a *self-avowed* partisan on a story, they should not be covering it?
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@abughazalehkat because then one may discover how many do? Imagine saying what you say about KKK support? Not ok to ask people if they support racism and lynching? Ask me. I don’t mind. Im white. No i do not support the KKK. I think lynching should be punishable by life in prison. And if a
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