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11. When the GOPee decided to embrace John Birch and Jim Crow, the dice were cast

Reply to calimary (Reply #10)

Tue May 24, 2022, 03:19 PM

May 2022

It was inevitable that it would be downhill all the way for them, once they did so.

The "slippery slide" the John Birchers always howled about does exist - but its fascism.

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