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BWdem4life

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Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:22 AM Tuesday

There's something wrong with America [View all]

I keep reading stories that simply horrify me, such as this one:

Inside a "Hell on Earth" in Oklahoma

I hear that these people were waterboarded, and I get a flashback to Abu Graib and the photos of naked men piled on top of each other and terrorized by a young girl with a dog.

I remember someone promising the world that we would hold those responsible accountable, but then all they did was sacrifice a few low-level soldiers.

I read this story:

Black student's body found hanging from a tree in Mississippi

And police calling it a suicide, disputing that his arms and legs were broken. Really?

I see us killing fishermen off the coast of Venezuela, with half the country celebrating.

And of course there's the refusal to pass gun laws even after mass shootings of children in schools.

Cruelty, cruelty, cruelty. Callousness. Hatred.

What is wrong with this country? How can it ever be mended?

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