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In reply to the discussion: Post removed [View all]Hekate
(91,560 posts)68. Actually, that is exactly what you are suggesting. You want to spring the bad news on "adults" ...
Theyll call you a liar, because theyve been taught all their lives that everything in this country is sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows. Also they wont be in school any more, right? So under what circumstances are they going to learn reality?
And thats just the WHITE youngsters were talking about protecting from reality. Even more specifically, the straight, male, white young people.
Everybody else (which is most of the country, when you think about it) will be getting such a case of cognitive dissonance that theyll start doubting their own sanity.
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Sorry to hear that happened to you. Nothing annoys me more than insulting a poster for post count.
BlackSkimmer
Nov 2021
#8
If you are suggesting that we pander to people that want history altered to what makes them
DeeNice
Nov 2021
#44
Actually, that is exactly what you are suggesting. You want to spring the bad news on "adults" ...
Hekate
Nov 2021
#68
You are suggesting state-sponsored age restrictions to historical events due to content?
Torchlight
Nov 2021
#72
I learned about the Holocaust and other atrocities at my dear old mother's knee in the 1950s
Hekate
Nov 2021
#50
Well, those women are a very big chunk of the population of the country & need to be educated pronto
Hekate
Nov 2021
#67
If you have issues with the how Sanders or Manchin or Sinema or AOC etc etc are posted about, you
Celerity
Nov 2021
#21
As nearly as I can tell you got deleted for posting against the teaching of history
Crunchy Frog
Nov 2021
#78
There is no rule against criticizing Democrats. Sometimes juries act like there is,
Crunchy Frog
Nov 2021
#16
Democrats / Liberals can typically understand nuance and operate in the gray...
Caliman73
Nov 2021
#57
Yes. Why would anyone be giddy with delight when the progressive party loses and
betsuni
Nov 2021
#13
I mean,it's an election so there is always a chance of losing . We sure aren't going to win
JI7
Nov 2021
#25
Unless I missed some election results, Democrats lost only ONE significant election, Governor of VA
George II
Nov 2021
#69
If one is not happy with the Democrat who is running in any election because they're not giving....
George II
Nov 2021
#73
Like Cheney, it seems they'd prefer to "work from the shadows, if you will. . ."
FoxNewsSucks
Nov 2021
#63