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BumRushDaShow

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2. Unfortunately
Sun May 18, 2025, 10:13 AM
May 18

there are many many (probably the majority) who pooh-pooh what they think is nothing more than "hubris" and "hair-on-fire" reactions from those who warned about what was about to happen - basically along the line of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf".

But unfortunately in that parable, one day the wolf DOES appear and gets the sheep, and we have arrived at that day. And people are caught completely off-guard and sit there stunned into silence like deer-in-headlights or may utter a weak "Buh buh buh.. I didn't think it would... ".

And this outcome is just sad. They end up in a complete stupor trying to process it while the damage continues. You see that type of blubbering reaction reflected in the interviews of those impacted that appear in various articles.

I am hoping that eventually they "snap out of it" and seek revenge at the ballot box.

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