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GiqueCee

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18. The really frustrating part...

Reply to turbinetree (Reply #17)

Sun Dec 1, 2024, 12:48 PM

Dec 2024

... is the difficulty of enlightening people, of getting through to them with a clear, concise message that explains what's really happening. Too many will find out the hard way, but it is decisions they made that enabled vile people to usurp their rights. People so ignorant that they didn't even know that Obamacare – which they were told to hate – is is just a pejorative name for the Affordable Care Act, which is just fine a dandy with them. As the comedian, Ron White so sagely observed, ya can't fix stupid.

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