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young_at_heart

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35. I have said these same words.....MANY times!

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:02 PM

18 hrs ago

I was born almost exactly 10 years before him (9/19/1939) so I can really relate when he says "whoever thought America could turn like this"? Some of us who have "experienced" this country for such a long time may be in a state of shock (I know I am) at all that has happened and continues to happen. It has affected my heart, my shingles have reactivated painfully and I feel in a constant state of unrest. I feel very sad!

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