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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, 02:33 PM

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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 Friday OP

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

I get the distraction thing bigtree Friday #3

This is just another cut Keepthesoulalive Friday #4

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

I lost faith in most people Keepthesoulalive Friday #7

they were primed bigtree Friday #9

Obama broke their brains Keepthesoulalive Friday #10

Great OP- must read malaise Friday #2

I stand corrected Keepthesoulalive Friday #6

DURec leftstreet Friday #8

Great reflection. Clear delineation. cachukis Friday #11

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