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Diamond_Dog

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3. It's unbelievable to me

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2024, 03:59 PM

Jul 2024

That the people in his home town don’t hate his guts for being so judgemental and condescending.

He sure hasn’t done one thing to help that area, either.

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