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In reply to the discussion: Gotcha 🤣 [View all]brewens
(15,359 posts)8. I had a moron post one of those, "our founding fathers fled religious persecution" memes, and my response was,
they didn't flee anything; they didn't just get off the boat.
I had two people jump me and tell me to go back to school and learn some history! LOL
They make it pretty easy sometimes. I whacked them with this and said, you're talking about guys like this 100 years before The Declaration of Independence and that the list of grievances given to King George III did not mention religion in any way.
I added that I'm always around anytime you need me to smack you the fuck down! LOL
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/god-government-and-roger-williams-big-idea-6291280/#:~:text=God,%20Government%20and%20Roger%20Williams%E2%80%99%20Big%20Idea.%20The
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Crop picking is what MAGAts think are "black jobs" -- I think that's been pellucidly clear all along
Hekate
Sep 2024
#42
I had a moron post one of those, "our founding fathers fled religious persecution" memes, and my response was,
brewens
Sep 2024
#8
I do shit like that a lot. Make statements not revealing what I know, as bait. Then BOOM! LOL n/t
brewens
Sep 2024
#13
A Trumper woman posted one of those longing for news like we had growing up memes and I asked who she had in
brewens
Sep 2024
#16
Proper comma use is not taught in schools anymore. Neither is penmanship. Just scribble your name on this line.
mucholderthandirt
Sep 2024
#46
When I argue this same point, I bring up self-interest (because that's a phrase that perks their ears up)...
JHB
Sep 2024
#20
soup. did you say soup. i recently discovered for me, that i have been cooking soup "right" is all wrong.
pansypoo53219
Sep 2024
#21
You know, I'm an economist. I have been practicing for 18 years. Someday, I figure I'll
PatrickforB
Sep 2024
#23
When I was in graduate school getting my MBA, the theory was that corporations had three constituents.
Lonestarblue
Sep 2024
#26