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Old 04-23-2020, 05:34 PM
 
Location: Home is Where You Park It
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All 3 of her brothers were Republicans. They all loved each other. When her earning went up. she invested in their businesses.

If her family could ignore the partisan BS, the rest of us could at least try to.
Amen.
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Old 04-23-2020, 05:38 PM
 
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
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All 3 of her brothers were Republicans. They all loved each other. When her earning went up. she invested in their businesses.

If her family could ignore the partisan BS, the rest of us could at least try to.
Where's the fun in that? (Yes, I am being sarcastic)
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Old 04-23-2020, 06:34 PM
 
Location: Tyler, TX
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What did you expect? it's Twitter.
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Old 04-23-2020, 06:43 PM
 
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[quote=Arya Stark;57928196]If Trumps family member died, she would be all over that.

No, no "decency" for Warren[/QUOTE
How exactly do you know this?
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Old 04-23-2020, 07:04 PM
 
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Not a Warren fan, but I was reading some of the stuff posted in response to her brother dying of covid19 and it’s pretty terrible. People on the left would make similar terrible remarks if the situation was reversed. Have we no decency left?
Sad. Some internet options, like Twitter, really free up the vilest things.
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Old 04-23-2020, 07:10 PM
 
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Condolences to Liz Warren for the loss of her brother. Godspeed.
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Old 04-23-2020, 07:43 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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Mentally ill and antisocial people in general spend a lot of time trolling on social media and are over represented.

.... Nods in agreement... Yes indeed. This echo chamber absolutely reflects that sentiment.
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Old 04-23-2020, 07:47 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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Warren's brother according to his obituary was a career Air Force officer who flew B-52s in Vietnam. B-52s dropped bombs, napalm and "agent orange" on Cambodia and possibly Vietnam. How many innocents suffered a horrible death because of him and how many generations were affected by agent orange?

Oh that was below the belt. Did you ever hear the phase "don't speak ill of the dead, they can't respond"? You do know that there was this thing called 'conscription' during the Vietnam war, right?
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Old 04-23-2020, 07:53 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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Mentally ill and antisocial people in general spend a lot of time trolling on social media and are over represented.
You nailed it.

Trolling, like outrage, is a national support.

Tend to say a whole lot more about the poster than the target.
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Old 04-23-2020, 08:13 PM
 
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Warren's brother according to his obituary was a career Air Force officer who flew B-52s in Vietnam. B-52s dropped bombs, napalm and "agent orange" on Cambodia and possibly Vietnam. How many innocents suffered a horrible death because of him and how many generations were affected by agent orange?
Links? I am pretty positive B-52's never dropped napalm; and Agent orange???
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