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Rhiannon12866

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1. Made me think of a joke from Stephen Colbert the other night

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 05:45 AM

Aug 2017

Something or other was donated to "The Daughters of the Confederacy" and Stephen pointed out that they must be getting up there in age.

I would be willing to bet that a lot of these idiots have little understanding of American history, they just want an excuse to be "proud" of something. If they knew the history, they'd want it forgotten.

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