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Mister Ed

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40. We have a couple of dear friends in Australia as well.

Mon Dec 5, 2022, 09:15 PM

Dec 2022

They've tried to be polite about it, but at one point in Trump's presidency they told us, "Well, just so you know: the world is laughing at you."

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I've always thought that people are basically good mostly everywhere [View all] mahina Dec 2022 OP

Ditto (tho I'm not on an island.) elleng Dec 2022 #1

Sorry mate mahina Dec 2022 #2

ditto ShepKat Dec 2022 #9

Our current crop of republicans are exceptions to that. They've shown that they tolerate... brush Dec 2022 #3

Yep. When they show you who they are, believe them. GoodRaisin Dec 2022 #30

I've never been sure either way. I suspect there is some cosmic... TreasonousBastard Dec 2022 #4

I live in an area where they just shot up the power substations to stop a drag show Jamastiene Dec 2022 #5

I get the feeling that the motive was stopping the drag show and it's being covered up Walleye Dec 2022 #16

They already have found photos with the woman who bragged about it Jamastiene Dec 2022 #24

This echoes the disillusionment of a German gentleman that I know. Mister Ed Dec 2022 #6

Ive been wondering what other peoples have been thinking of us, also. demigoddess Dec 2022 #38

We have a couple of dear friends in Australia as well. Mister Ed Dec 2022 #40

It's been decades of slowly chipping away Cosmocat Dec 2022 #7

There are all kinds of people, ranging from extremely good to LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #8

Depends on the culture. betsuni Dec 2022 #10

I've learned that there are greedy, selfish, dishonest and even evil folks malaise Dec 2022 #11

What the heck would she do murielm99 Dec 2022 #12

Give her son or her man for Christmas? malaise Dec 2022 #14

Unreal. moonscape Dec 2022 #20

Unreal indeed malaise Dec 2022 #21

Wow. mahina Dec 2022 #27

You know what pissed me off malaise Dec 2022 #37

Americans are opportunistic. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2022 #13

I arrived last week from DR, back to the states for a few months. secondwind Dec 2022 #15

:) You've hit on a basic difference between liberal and conservative personality. Hortensis Dec 2022 #17

I'm liberal, and I'm afraid I've never believed that most people are basically good. shrike3 Dec 2022 #26

:) Umhmm, sounds pretty liberal and nice to me. Hortensis Dec 2022 #39

That's some insight. mahina Dec 2022 #28

I'm afraid that woman was the reason I finally went and got Hortensis Dec 2022 #36

I avoid MAGAt fascists to the greatest degree possible. Roisin Ni Fiachra Dec 2022 #18

Confucius said, "People suck" dalton99a Dec 2022 #19

No Exit is fabulous. JanMichael Dec 2022 #43

Social media highly exaggerates and magnifies the bad Sympthsical Dec 2022 #22

Thinking about the everyday people who take care of others mahina Dec 2022 #35

A great question Lulu KC Feb 2023 #46

Americans do not value human life or quality of life. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #23

+1 dalton99a Dec 2022 #34

By far not the first time this discussion/observation has been made. Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #25

This kind of discussion makes me think of Anne Frank. shrike3 Dec 2022 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Dec 2022 #31

I still find most people are basically good. Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #32

Here's a hope. mahina Dec 2022 #33

People are still mostly good RobertMcNamara Dec 2022 #41

The extremists are getting more extreme. Initech Dec 2022 #42

You meet some good & some bad. Trump was very "BAD"... BIDEN is VERY GOOD & CARES ABOUT PEOPLE. Stuart G Dec 2022 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Stuart G Dec 2022 #45