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markodochartaigh

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3. Sure, after JFK and RFK were assassinated

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 11:36 AM

Dec 2025

Republicans became loathe to criticize them openly in some circles. MLK as well. But in Flyover Country where "liberals" have been hated all along you wouldn't have to scratch very deep to find that there is still plenty of contempt for coastal liberals in general and the Kennedys in particular.

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