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Keepthesoulalive

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7. I lost faith in most people

Reply to bigtree (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 6, 2026, 03:33 PM

Feb 2026

Who would believe a con man. Most people don’t learn they would prefer to believe a lie even though they will suffer along with people they consider less than. The South did not prosper until they tamped down their racism. Gas was 29cents a gallon and folks were picking cotton for 50 cents a day a coke was 7 cents. They just voted themselves back into poverty.

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I'm going to talk about Trump's racism, but I'm not distracted from anything. [View all] bigtree Feb 2026 OP

The amount of attention given to his rage bait is incredible Keepthesoulalive Feb 2026 #1

I get the distraction thing bigtree Feb 2026 #3

This is just another cut Keepthesoulalive Feb 2026 #4

when I started writing in the '80 it was about race, exclusively bigtree Feb 2026 #5

I lost faith in most people Keepthesoulalive Feb 2026 #7

they were primed bigtree Feb 2026 #9

Obama broke their brains Keepthesoulalive Feb 2026 #10

Great OP- must read malaise Feb 2026 #2

I stand corrected Keepthesoulalive Feb 2026 #6

DURec leftstreet Feb 2026 #8

Great reflection. Clear delineation. cachukis Feb 2026 #11