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Mad_Max
09/12/19 7:18:00 AM
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https://www.apnews.com/ba22eace0ec2414794c6722c5bfb5baf

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A Republican Tennessee lawmaker says he supports getting rid of higher education because he argues it would cut off the liberal breeding ground.

Sen. Kerry Roberts of Springfield called for eliminating higher education while speaking about attending a recent abortion legislative hearing on his conservative radio talk show on Sept. 2.

Roberts specifically called out one activist who testified in favor of protecting abortion rights. He asserted without evidence that the womans beliefs were a product of higher education and claimed that getting rid of higher education would save America.

The senator did not immediately respond to a request for further elaboration.

Roberts also questioned funding higher education with tax dollars. He voted in favor of the states $38.5 billion budget earlier this year, which included money for colleges and universities.

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Mead
09/12/19 7:34:49 AM
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americans are just way too educated

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Mad_Max
09/12/19 7:40:33 AM
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SunWuKung420
09/12/19 7:55:58 AM
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Oh geez.
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EvilMegas
09/12/19 8:09:48 AM
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SunWuKung420
09/12/19 8:10:50 AM
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EvilMegas posted...
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darkknight109
09/12/19 8:13:43 AM
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Well, the Republicans have to get their votes from somewhere, and clearly educated people aren't working out too well for them...
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Phantom_Nook
09/12/19 8:48:07 AM
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Now why would politician want the populace to be uneducated?
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papercup
09/12/19 10:25:56 AM
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"Educated people don't vote for me so fuck those guys"
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argonautweakend
09/12/19 10:39:01 AM
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people shit on higher education but without it we wouldnt have doctors, scientists, engineers and pretty much most jobs that advance society.
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Hop103
09/12/19 10:54:40 AM
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That's the wrong approach. The better option is to fire all of the progressive professors and no one else and do something about the bloat that is the administrators, which is the cause of the student loan debt crisis. Getting rid of higher education entirely will actually hurt America.
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Noop_Noop
09/12/19 10:56:45 AM
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i mean, he is an idiot, but i guess i kinda get it. a lot of kids are getting brainwashed to believe a lot of stupid shit by a lot of jaded, far left leaning professors.

college is broken. its more expensive than ever, and you get less out of it than ever. its become a super expensive daycare.

the answer isnt shutting it down, its fixing it.
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sodium-chloride
09/12/19 11:11:22 AM
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Noop_Noop posted...
i mean, he is an idiot, but i guess i kinda get it. a lot of kids are getting brainwashed to believe a lot of stupid shit by a lot of jaded, far left leaning professors.

college is broken. its more expensive than ever, and you get less out of it than ever. its become a super expensive daycare.

the answer isnt shutting it down, its fixing it.


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Phantom_Nook
09/12/19 11:30:23 AM
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Hop103 posted...
fire all of the progressive professors and no one else

Don't Republicans cry about how they're being persecuted for their political views on social media?
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Lokarin
09/12/19 11:34:54 AM
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when are liberal arts considered higher education? :D
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papercup
09/12/19 11:41:52 AM
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What's all this "we should fire people for their political beliefs" bs.
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JOExHIGASHI
09/12/19 11:41:56 AM
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This is where the "stupid republican" stereotype comes from.
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Jen0125
09/12/19 11:45:38 AM
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papercup posted...
What's all this "we should fire people for their political beliefs" bs.


Right? Why would you fire someone because they have progressive beliefs?
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Sarcasthma
09/12/19 11:46:22 AM
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Looks like @Hop103 wants an echo chamber.
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Hop103
09/12/19 11:50:09 AM
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Sarcasthma posted...
Looks like @Hop103 wants an echo chamber.


Nope, just the progressive agenda out of university, you do realize that very few democrats are progressive (Biden is not a progressive for example) and most democrats are center left or establishment.
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Sarcasthma
09/12/19 11:51:47 AM
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Sounds like the start of an echo chamber to me, dude.
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Hop103
09/12/19 11:55:10 AM
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Sarcasthma posted...
Sounds like the start of an echo chamber to me, dude.


It's all in your head, there's nothing mentioning an echo chamber.
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Sarcasthma
09/12/19 12:01:41 PM
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You'd be fine with universities firing all the professors who share the same political beliefs as you, right?
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Noop_Noop
09/12/19 12:04:39 PM
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Sarcasthma posted...
You'd be fine with universities firing all the professors who share the same political beliefs as you, right?


I'd be fine with firing any professor who attempts to push their political beliefs when they're supposed to be fucking teaching, yes.
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Sarcasthma
09/12/19 12:06:53 PM
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Noop_Noop posted...
Sarcasthma posted...
You'd be fine with universities firing all the professors who share the same political beliefs as you, right?


I'd be fine with firing any professor who attempts to push their political beliefs when they're supposed to be fucking teaching, yes.

That's not what you said, though.

You said they should fire "all of the progressive professors and no one else".

Edit: Oh wait, I thought I was still talking to Hop.
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Phantom_Nook
09/12/19 12:06:56 PM
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Noop_Noop posted...
Sarcasthma posted...
You'd be fine with universities firing all the professors who share the same political beliefs as you, right?


I'd be fine with firing any professor who attempts to push their political beliefs when they're supposed to be fucking teaching, yes.

Proof that only the "liberal professors" are pushing their political beliefs?
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Mad_Max
09/12/19 12:07:33 PM
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Noop_Noop posted...
Sarcasthma posted...
You'd be fine with universities firing all the professors who share the same political beliefs as you, right?


I'd be fine with firing any professor who attempts to push their political beliefs when they're supposed to be fucking teaching, yes.

Is Hop your alt?
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Hop103
09/12/19 12:22:46 PM
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Phantom_Nook posted...
Noop_Noop posted...
Sarcasthma posted...
You'd be fine with universities firing all the professors who share the same political beliefs as you, right?


I'd be fine with firing any professor who attempts to push their political beliefs when they're supposed to be fucking teaching, yes.

Proof that only the "liberal professors" are pushing their political beliefs?


Not liberal professors, progressive professors, I haven't seen the GOP pushing their believes in higher education in many years save for private schools.

Sarcasthma posted...

You'd be fine with universities firing all the professors who share the same political beliefs as you, right?


Stop deflecting.
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Sarcasthma
09/12/19 12:24:52 PM
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Just answer the question.
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Phantom_Nook
09/12/19 12:28:57 PM
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Hop103 posted...
Not liberal professors, progressive professors,

All right, proof that only "progressive professors" are pushing their political beliefs?
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Hop103
09/12/19 12:32:22 PM
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Sarcasthma posted...
Just answer the question.


No, because unlike modern progressivism, the establishment and center are not extreme.
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Sarcasthma
09/12/19 12:41:01 PM
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Yep. Echo chamber.

Thanks for actually answering that question, though.
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Noop_Noop
09/12/19 2:04:58 PM
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Mad_Max posted...
Noop_Noop posted...
Sarcasthma posted...
You'd be fine with universities firing all the professors who share the same political beliefs as you, right?


I'd be fine with firing any professor who attempts to push their political beliefs when they're supposed to be fucking teaching, yes.

Is Hop your alt?


No. And for the most part I dont share or endorse his views.
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_AdjI_
09/12/19 2:45:30 PM
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Noop_Noop posted...
Sarcasthma posted...
You'd be fine with universities firing all the professors who share the same political beliefs as you, right?


I'd be fine with firing any professor who attempts to push their political beliefs when they're supposed to be fucking teaching, yes.


Then you want to fire every teacher. It's virtually impossible to teach facts without making decisions about which facts are important enough to be taught, and those decisions almost always have some degree of political bias behind them. They shouldn't, but we live in a world where everybody's got an opinion and somebody's going to disagree with something everyone else says.
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TheSlinja
09/12/19 2:51:27 PM
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people still thinking things can be done apoliticaly is hilarious
life is political, anything that involes life experiences will always be political, you only notice when it doesnt match your views
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Noop_Noop
09/12/19 3:55:16 PM
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_AdjI_ posted...
Noop_Noop posted...
Sarcasthma posted...
You'd be fine with universities firing all the professors who share the same political beliefs as you, right?


I'd be fine with firing any professor who attempts to push their political beliefs when they're supposed to be fucking teaching, yes.


Then you want to fire every teacher. It's virtually impossible to teach facts without making decisions about which facts are important enough to be taught, and those decisions almost always have some degree of political bias behind them. They shouldn't, but we live in a world where everybody's got an opinion and somebody's going to disagree with something everyone else says.


Bro, you know I dont read your pedantic as fuck wikipedia articles when they're more than a line long
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Noop_Noop
09/12/19 3:55:51 PM
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TheSlinja posted...
people still thinking things can be done apoliticaly is hilarious
life is political, anything that involes life experiences will always be political, you only notice when it doesnt match your views


Right. So the square root of 56 is fuck trump. Makes sense.
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TheSlinja
09/12/19 4:09:20 PM
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Noop_Noop posted...
TheSlinja posted...
people still thinking things can be done apoliticaly is hilarious
life is political, anything that involes life experiences will always be political, you only notice when it doesnt match your views


Right. So the square root of 56 is fuck trump. Makes sense.

almost dont even want to reply to this amazing strawman
even if there was no.context in which math would be used politicaly math isnt the only subject taught bud
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Noop_Noop
09/12/19 4:41:38 PM
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TheSlinja posted...
Noop_Noop posted...
TheSlinja posted...
people still thinking things can be done apoliticaly is hilarious
life is political, anything that involes life experiences will always be political, you only notice when it doesnt match your views


Right. So the square root of 56 is fuck trump. Makes sense.

almost dont even want to reply to this amazing strawman
even if there was no.context in which math would be used politicaly math isnt the only subject taught bud


woah woah woah you said

"people thinking things can be done apolitically is hilarious"

and now youre acknowledging a subject that can (and hopefully should) be taught apolitically.

how about these:

the confederates and the union went to war in fuck trump
the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the fuck trump
the relative major of A minor is fuck trump
when silvia plath wrote this dumb poem about a cats lips she was talking about fuck trump

the fact of the matter is, unless you are teaching politics, it is entirely possible (and reasonable to expect) that the subject could be taught without the professor putting their own subjective views into it. its one of many reasons why my daughter isnt going to school. id rather dump the money into a fucking tutor who can act like a professional, thanks.

the fact that YOUR entire life revolves around politics and the fact that its the only thing YOU can speak or think about does not translate to the rest of society, little buddy.
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deoxxys
09/12/19 5:02:45 PM
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Noop_Noop posted...
i mean, he is an idiot, but i guess i kinda get it. a lot of kids are getting brainwashed to believe a lot of stupid shit by a lot of jaded, far left leaning professors.

college is broken. its more expensive than ever, and you get less out of it than ever. its become a super expensive daycare.

the answer isnt shutting it down, its fixing it.

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TigerTycoon
09/12/19 5:04:50 PM
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Colleges existing are not bad.

Colleges being marketed to kids as the default place everyone must go after high school is bad.

College is not for everyone, and should not be presented as such. You end up with a huge amount of people in student debt who still can't get jobs.
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slacker03150
09/12/19 5:10:03 PM
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Noop_Noop posted...
the confederates and the union went to war in fuck trump
the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the fuck trump
the relative major of A minor is fuck trump
when silvia plath wrote this dumb poem about a cats lips she was talking about fuck trump

The Confederates and union went to war because of slavery - oh no that's political it was states rights, no that's political, um they went to war just because, don't look into it.

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. The Bible doesn't mention cells, stop making things political! And while we're at it don't teach sex Ed in science, that's for the parents to talk about.

Music you can teach without being political, but music history?

English? Huck Finn? No too political. To kill a mocking bird? Too political. Harry Potter? It spreads other religions, stop trying to bring politics into school!
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Noop_Noop
09/12/19 5:23:31 PM
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slacker03150 posted...
Noop_Noop posted...
the confederates and the union went to war in fuck trump
the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the fuck trump
the relative major of A minor is fuck trump
when silvia plath wrote this dumb poem about a cats lips she was talking about fuck trump

The Confederates and union went to war because of slavery - oh no that's political it was states rights, no that's political, um they went to war just because, don't look into it.

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. The Bible doesn't mention cells, stop making things political! And while we're at it don't teach sex Ed in science, that's for the parents to talk about.

Music you can teach without being political, but music history?

English? Huck Finn? No too political. To kill a mocking bird? Too political. Harry Potter? It spreads other religions, stop trying to bring politics into school!


so... its only possible to teach feelings and opinions and there are no facts? or its not possible to teach ONLY the facts and leave your students to form their own opinions?

on the off chance a girl would let you throw your dick in her and pump out a little crotch goblin, would your preference be a teacher who can't keep their own dumb fuck opinions out of their lectures, or a teacher who is focused on conveying as much factual information as possible?
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adjl
09/12/19 5:36:49 PM
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Noop_Noop posted...
TheSlinja posted...
people still thinking things can be done apoliticaly is hilarious
life is political, anything that involes life experiences will always be political, you only notice when it doesnt match your views


Right. So the square root of 56 is fuck trump. Makes sense.


>Complains about post-secondary education not being apolitical
>Cites grade 4 math as an example of education that can be apolitical

Noop_Noop posted...
its one of many reasons why my daughter isnt going to school. id rather dump the money into a f***ing tutor who can act like a professional, thanks.


Heaven forbid she comes home with an opinion you didn't give her. That'd just be terrible!

Noop_Noop posted...
Bro, you know I dont read your pedantic as f*** wikipedia articles when they're more than a line long


Yes, yes, we all know you can't handle intelligent people who disagree with you. You don't need to pretend there's any more to it than that every time one comes along.
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TheWitchMorgana
09/12/19 5:40:12 PM
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didnt read most of the topic but people who didnt go to school trying to guess what happens there is always so funny
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slacker03150
09/12/19 6:11:48 PM
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Noop_Noop posted...
so... its only possible to teach feelings and opinions and there are no facts? or its not possible to teach ONLY the facts and leave your students to form their own opinions?

No I'm saying facts are political.

The civil war was about slavery.
Even under a right wing study Medicare for all is estimated to save us 2 trillion dollars in ten years.
Giving homeless people free housing saves about $20,000 a year.
The Earth is not flat and is billions of years old.
There were no wmds in Iraq.
Stem cell research saves lives.
Comprehensive sex ed lowers teen pregnancy rates and there are less abortions.
Climate change is going to be an expensive problem.

Noop_Noop posted...
would your preference be a teacher who can't keep their own dumb fuck opinions out of their lectures, or a teacher who is focused on conveying as much factual information as possible

While I would prefer kids come to the conclusion on their own, I am fully behind teachers telling any imaginary kids I will never have that slavery is wrong, the Holocaust was a bad thing, and that there is nothing wrong with being LGBT.
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Blighboy
09/12/19 6:13:13 PM
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slacker03150 posted...
Noop_Noop posted...
so... its only possible to teach feelings and opinions and there are no facts? or its not possible to teach ONLY the facts and leave your students to form their own opinions?

No I'm saying facts are political.

The civil war was about slavery.
Even under a right wing study Medicare for all is estimated to save us 2 trillion dollars in ten years.
Giving homeless people free housing saves about $20,000 a year.
The Earth is not flat and is billions of years old.
There were no wmds in Iraq.
Stem cell research saves lives.
Comprehensive sex ed lowers teen pregnancy rates and there are less abortions.
Climate change is going to be an expensive problem.

i'm literally shaking rn
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OrangeDawn
09/12/19 6:25:40 PM
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TheWitchMorgana posted...
didnt read most of the topic but people who didnt go to school trying to guess what happens there is always so funny

lmfao right. I did four years at two different schools and I never saw these demon liberal professors that spouted their opinions in classes all the time
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TheSlinja
09/12/19 6:54:02 PM
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Noop_Noop posted...
the confederates and the union went to war in fuck trump

oh sick, the civil war was not political sweet, will not be wasting my time with you any longer
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Sarcasthma
09/12/19 6:59:20 PM
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OrangeDawn posted...
TheWitchMorgana posted...
didnt read most of the topic but people who didnt go to school trying to guess what happens there is always so funny

lmfao right. I did four years at two different schools and I never saw these demon liberal professors that spouted their opinions in classes all the time

Well yeah, theyre super sneaky.
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