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BlueTsunami2018

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1. It's only there because it works politically.

Reply to markpkessinger (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2026, 06:57 PM

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They don’t actually care about any of this but if you can rile people up about it and get their votes with the scare tactic, you bet your ass they’re going to use it.

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