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crickets

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19. Well said.

Reply to Caliman73 (Reply #13)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 03:54 PM

Feb 2022

"Outsider" has always read to me as a winking code for "outside the norms" civilized society recognizes rather than "not one of the snobs" as so many trumpers assumed. Your analysis is spot on, and eloquently expressed.

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