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TNNurse

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5. You may not be as sensitive to the slur of southern racism,

Reply to MrScorpio (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 25, 2018, 07:13 AM

Apr 2018

but I see it on here as well as other places. Yes, there are horrible racists in the south, no question. But look at the news this week from Michigan and Syracuse and that golf course in PA. There are those who are holier than thou about not being in the south.

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