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cbayer

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9. Agree. The demand for fact checking is one of the greatest things about this site.

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2015, 07:25 PM

May 2015

It's really hard for anyone to get away with just saying shit. You have to be able to back it up.

And most discussion is really civil and snark free.

I love it here. It is my safe house.

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