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Easterncedar

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3. They try it, walk back, try again later on another front

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Fri Nov 21, 2025, 12:04 PM

Friday

They have been successful in purging women and people of color from command positions and rolling back decades of progress in all levels of humanitarian initiatives worldwide. We need to keep pushing back on all fronts until this immediate horror ends and then keep fighting for a better world. Never give up.

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In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols [View all] Zorro Friday OP

I guess it's good trump admin often backtracks on such things, but fact it was even proposed is disgusting. Silent Type Friday #1

I'm expecting them to NOT live up to the current "turn-around". NotHardly Friday #16

It's sad they couldn't figure that out on their own C_U_L8R Friday #2

They totally knew what they weredoing. intheflow Friday #4

They try it, walk back, try again later on another front Easterncedar Friday #3

this is almost straight out of Tim Snyder's "On Tyranny" SaydiTom Friday #5

Who was responsible? William Seger Friday #6

Same here. Raven123 Friday #18

MAGA would classify them as "great" symbols IronLionZion Friday #7

Pushback works. nt SunSeeker Friday #8

Shamed into the reversal. WestMichRad Friday #9

Of course they did. The whole frigging cabal are TACOs. KPN Friday #10

Chaos orangecrush Friday #11

More, please Seinan Sensei Friday #12

Hegseth: Can't anyone take a joke? no_hypocrisy Friday #13

Check His Tattoos 2na fisherman Friday #17

What's the worst is that they had to be shamed into it by the citizenry. ms liberty Friday #14

TACOS spread to Coast Guard! Wonder Why Friday #15

It's not clear to me that this is actually a "reversal" at all. relayerbob Friday #19

What matters to the deplorables is the effort Auggie Friday #20

Now you see it, Bayard Friday #21

These clowns are really good at walking backwards. Borogove Friday #22

I think Coast Guard brass stood up to the Homeland Security nazis Mysterian Friday #23

Locking as a duplicate Yonnie3 Friday #24