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70sEraVet

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8. JoJo would have gotten a reception every bit as hostile anywhere in the

Reply to Srkdqltr (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 6, 2024, 09:51 AM

Sep 2024

rural areas of the Bible Belt. Preachers and politicians are mostly to blame.
I felt the pain in that young person -- no one should have to be that strong.

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JoJo of Dearborn Michigan is a brave person. From twitter [View all] irisblue Sep 2024 OP

Sure hope they are ok. efhmc Sep 2024 #1

Seems to be a lot of men in the audience, and less women, and the only ones to Bev54 Sep 2024 #2

I googled a bit, they spoke at this meeting in 2022. Religious patriarchal men in groups can be hate filled irisblue Sep 2024 #3

So if people are posting videos on social media they should acknowledge when it happened. Bev54 Sep 2024 #4

I relate it to going to the card catalog of a library, some of the books are recent, some are older irisblue Sep 2024 #6

Yeah, unless you have seen them before it is hard to know but the person putting it on Bev54 Sep 2024 #7

Dearborn Michigan has had the reputation of being a closed community. Srkdqltr Sep 2024 #5

JoJo would have gotten a reception every bit as hostile anywhere in the 70sEraVet Sep 2024 #8