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JustAnotherGen

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17. Careless People

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #15)

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 09:36 PM

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TGG -
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

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Trump Supporters Don't Deserve Forgiveness - DL Hughley [View all] JustAnotherGen Wednesday OP

Agree wholeheartedly, love DL always have Eliot Rosewater Wednesday #1

Thet cannot be trusted. Dawson Leery Wednesday #2

I oppose it JustAnotherGen Wednesday #4

Couldn't agree more. This isn't about politics. It is morality. Whyisthisstillclose Wednesday #3

If you are on Threads JustAnotherGen Wednesday #5

Thanks for the tip. I'll take a look. It is hard Whyisthisstillclose Wednesday #6

The difference between JustAnotherGen Wednesday #8

Original at TMZ usonian Wednesday #7

Thank you JustAnotherGen Wednesday #13

Safari reader (cleans up text, readable by old farts) fails. usonian Wednesday #14

I can only speak for myself, a white male born 1957 in Chicago Martin Eden Wednesday #9

Re This: JustAnotherGen Wednesday #10

I don't have your experiences, and don't question it Martin Eden Wednesday #11

They aren't a bloc of voters JustAnotherGen Wednesday #12

What you describe is a monolithic bloc in the sense they are unified by hatred of the same people. Martin Eden Wednesday #15

Agree to disagree JustAnotherGen Wednesday #16

I rub shoulders with some Trump voters, but they're not my friends. Martin Eden Wednesday #18

So.would you suggest JustAnotherGen Thursday #19

ABSOLUTELY NOT is my answer to your first question Martin Eden Thursday #20

They deserve no forgiveness or redemption JustAnotherGen Thursday #21

I like everything you wrote here, except one paragraph Martin Eden Thursday #22

Yep JustAnotherGen Thursday #23

Careless People JustAnotherGen Wednesday #17