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PCIntern

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25. Pockets of sanity?

Reply to Fil1957 (Reply #20)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 04:40 PM

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Either you’re with these motherfuckers or you’re spending a fair percentage of your time agitated, hostile, on edge, dealing with sequelae of their policies, or scared for the Nation. That’s not a state of mind which stability and sanity necessarily prevails.

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I disagree, the entire society has not lost its mind. There are still many pockets of sanity. However the general Fil1957 Friday #20

Pockets of sanity? PCIntern Friday #25

I would say that DU is a pocket of sanity. And there are others. I would also say being agitated, hostile or on edge Fil1957 Friday #26

I understand and take your point: PCIntern Friday #27

I also understand and take your point. Fil1957 Friday #28

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