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In reply to the discussion: Obama Whitewashes World War I [View all]struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)44. How can you pretend to be progressive in 2014, without actually having to do anything?
You can take a firm and decisive stand against WWI!
... Come and lose your eyes and limbs for thirteen pence a day ...
... I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier: I brought him up to be my pride and joy
Who dares to place a musket on his shoulder to shoot some other mother's darling boy? ...
... They're killing us! They're killing us! One respirator for the four of us!
Thank your lucky stars that we can all run fast so one of us can take it all alone ...
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You Ask That, Sir, Of A Man Who Breakfasts On Puppies, In A Light Curry Sauce?
The Magistrate
Mar 2014
#14
It would have been an interesting week if Barack did that and Michelle told China its schools suck.
Liberal Veteran
Mar 2014
#12
Idiotic. No world leader is going to deconstruct this sort of old mythology in a public speech.
scarletwoman
Mar 2014
#17
So, when Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address he was being disrespectful?
blue neen
Mar 2014
#36
In Belgium, saying they died for profit, not freedom, would have been very insulting
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2014
#39
How can you pretend to be progressive in 2014, without actually having to do anything?
struggle4progress
Mar 2014
#44