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Rhiannon12866

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4. Awhile back, I pulled into the parking lot of an apartment complex where my friend lives

Reply to El Mimbreno (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 09:01 AM

Aug 2017

And parked behind the next building was a pickup truck with a full sized confederate thread in the back! My first reaction was alarm - since I figured this had to be some kind of extremist nut job. Then it crossed my mind that they might be ignorant about what it meant. We're in New York!

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Made me think of a joke from Stephen Colbert the other night Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #1

Narrow minds El Mimbreno Aug 2017 #3

Awhile back, I pulled into the parking lot of an apartment complex where my friend lives Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #4

See it every time I'm on the interstate it's been there for years FloridaBlues Aug 2017 #2

Of course, the wording reminded me of this ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2017 #5