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ret5hd

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2. Simply explain to them that...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 01:08 PM

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you are contributing to the local economy, you are paying the appropriate taxes, you are not a drug mule or rapist, and that their attitude is racist.

i am SURE they will then leave you in peace.

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