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Laurelin

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14. Tell me about it

Reply to walkingman (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 01:30 PM

Jan 7

I'm an Aggie. It really wasn't nuts when I went. All my friends were, and are, extremely liberal.

For that matter, Texas wasn't nuts when I moved there to go to A&M.

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Texas A&M is The Cave Kid Berwyn Jan 7 #1

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The damage he did to the USA is ongoing. Kid Berwyn Jan 7 #7

I mean ITAL Jan 7 #8

Thank you, yes. Kid Berwyn Jan 7 #10

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Big Oil loves Capitalism's Invisible Army for ever and ever. Kid Berwyn Jan 7 #16

In a sane world, Texas A&M would become a laughing stock for banning Plato DBoon Jan 7 #2

It is embarrassing to live in Texas - I was here before these lunatics walkingman Jan 7 #3

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Plato the proto-feminist. mr715 Jan 7 #17

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