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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: GOP Primaries : Policy Debates Permanently Axed_QM
Date: 06/26/23 2:15 PM
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So what?

Leon W. Russell lives in Florda, the very state he says is too dangerous for blacks to travel to. Womp, wompppppppp.

The "so what" is that I'm not going to dignify - nor will I bother to acknowledge - the lazy, ChatGPT generated partisan political BS that dude spews nonstop in this election cycle. It's a waste of time and why should those intellectually dishonest attacks be honored with serious replies?

He picked a fight with Disney for no other reason than Disney disagreed with a position of his.

No, Disney decided that as a public corporation it was going to use its influence to lean on the state of Florida. I remember when liberals didn't like it when corps tried to throw their weight around. What changed?

He changed FL law so that he could run for POTUS while still living in the governor's mansion (FL had previously banned that practice).

So? He doesn't seem like a billionaire; he needs to live somewhere. Is it now a requirement to have beach houses all over the place?

He was one of the more prominent COVID deniers (e.g. "masks are useless").

Masks aren't 100% useless, but they weren't the security blanket that a lot of blue-staters seem to think they are. To this day I see scads of Seattleites running around outside masked up -or- while driving. Alone. Inside the car.

The most hilariously inept ones are the dudes with their beards. How well do you think the N95 they're wearing seals against all the facial hair?

You should have read the rest of the other poster's list, instead of focusing on the NAACP move.

No. He's a serially dishonest sh1tposter, and it took less than 15 seconds to spot the BS in his attempt to derail the thread with more partisan nonsense.

I'd rather discuss the issues with serious people.
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