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Colgate 64

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10. Yep. The numbers have the same legitimacy

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 06:08 PM

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as all the other numbers he pulls out of his ass when spinning his Tales from the Maga Crypt. They mean nothing, have no basis in fact or even in reality but are still literally taken as truth by millions of our fellow citizens. The ingenuousness of a large portion of the American public is something that I have never been able to get my arms around. Have we lost all skills of critical thinking?

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