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angrychair

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20. Thank you

Reply to sagetea (Reply #15)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 04:39 PM

Sep 3

I have mentioned it a couple times but it seems important to say it again.
It was multiple times, couple years apart, by two completely different, unconnected people, one was male, the other female.
Especially as a man I spent most of my life silent and pretending it didn't happen. My parents essentially swept it under the rug to avoid controversy and attention such things brought back then.

While I'm not screaming it from the mountaintop, I'm going to speak my truth when it matters.

To be clear, I'm an old guy now and I'm fairly well adjusted and in a very positive and happy marriage for over 30 years.
That said it's always there though. It's always part of me. You don't actually "get over it". You just be the best you can be in spite of it.

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EXPOSE. THEM. ALL. [View all] angrychair Sep 3 OP

Burn the mutha down, if that's what it takes. nt Ilsa Sep 3 #1

Yes... markie Sep 3 #2

They are going to create their own list JustAnotherGen Sep 3 #3

Agreed! hamsterjill Sep 3 #4

Why didn't Joe Biden release it all? LiberalLovinLug Sep 3 #5

It would have been under the DOJ's purview. Wiz Imp Sep 3 #9

He didn't have the authority to release it. GoCubsGo Sep 3 #10

Grand Jury evidence is 1/10th of 1% of the evidence (I'm guessing here, but it isn't a lot, according to a judge) ... aggiesal Sep 3 #12

because it wasn't his fucking job Skittles Sep 3 #17

More like Merrick the Mouse was too timid to rock the boat. Queso Delicioso Sep 4 #39

Agreed popsdenver Sep 3 #6

I agree. Whether they be Republicans, Democrats, Independents, non political, of high or low station, expose them Fil1957 Sep 3 #7

Clean the House (and Senate) YepYep Sep 3 #25

As the... 2naSalit Sep 3 #8

😢 Clouds Passing Sep 4 #38

Agree Renew Deal Sep 3 #11

Amen to that! Donald Trump and Roger Ailes must go to prison! Initech Sep 3 #13

Perhaps you mean someone else. MLWR Sep 3 #14

Duh. Initech Sep 3 #16

These, brave, brave, women... sagetea Sep 3 #15

Thank you angrychair Sep 3 #20

... sagetea Sep 3 #21

With your permission... Trueblue Texan Sep 4 #34

If the Rs need Ds help in passing a budget the Ds need to make their cooperation conditioned in2herbs Sep 3 #18

And they should make it conditioned in a way that they can't get hornswoggled again: Trueblue Texan Sep 4 #35

Recommended. H2O Man Sep 3 #19

I'm tired of all these motherfucking pedophiles in this motherfucking administration Blue Owl Sep 3 #22

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM! No exceptions. Nobody on that list should spend one more day free outdoors. paulkienitz Sep 3 #23

YES ZDU Sep 3 #24

Go back and watch Chaunte Davis's comments johnnyfins Sep 3 #26

Pardon the food reference, but one wonders about a "sandwich" or "spitroast" ... usonian Sep 3 #27

You have a very vivid imagination johnnyfins Sep 3 #28

No, some sites mix crude stuff in with fine art. usonian Sep 3 #30

me too! the fuck out of them. pansypoo53219 Sep 3 #29

There are so many survivors, everywhere. It's hard to reconcile. When one Maru Kitteh Sep 3 #31

I agree with you 100%, angrychair! HeartsCanHope Sep 3 #32

All. Of. Them. Iggo Sep 3 #33

K&R spanone Sep 4 #36

Survivor of serial child predators too, angrychair Clouds Passing Sep 4 #37

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