clem_c_rock
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:06 PM
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Anyone ever tried posting on Free Republic? |
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I just had to try it out. Quite amazing how I got kicked off the site w/in minutes just for posting an opposing point of view.
P.S. Being rich republicans and all, it's amazing they can't afford a better website.
Kudos to the DU programming team. Being a web programmer myself, this is one of the best designed sites I've used.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:07 PM
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1. Those aren't rich republicans. They're the inbreed, uneducated... |
clem_c_rock
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:11 PM
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5. I figured it was the semi-literate group. I thought the inbred type |
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Edited on Sun Jan-09-05 10:12 PM by clem_c_rock
could only use a computer for porn or Nascar.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:08 PM
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I posted in a couple of threads before getting deactivated as a troll. They didn't send me a warning or anything...:eyes:
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:54 PM
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28. I posted as some uptight religious wingnut |
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and actually stayed on for about five posts.
Until I called 'em out for drooling over Ann Coulter - told them that was "lustful" and against God's word. They yanked me after that. :)
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:09 PM
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3. Rich republicans? ROFL |
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The place is run by an aging piece of trailer trash, and his son, who live in Fresno, CA. Most of the denizens are illiterate, southern white trash.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:11 PM
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I was kicked off immedeiately too one post,wham.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:53 PM
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but mid-Western, too.
I get tired of the South always bearing the brunt of the red-stateness. The mid-West has done it's fair share of voting in idiots, too. Look at the election map.
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Sun Jan-09-05 11:39 PM
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southern bigotry the only kind allowed anymore? It certainly seems so.
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Mon Jan-10-05 12:46 AM
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36. not just southern white trash! |
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:11 PM
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4. One post deleted withing 30sec |
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During the last SOTU Democratic Rebuttle by raising "questions". I was "zotted" and laughed at as "Leftists have nothing to say" when I was already banned and could not respond.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:14 PM
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and a narrow view that's fer sure.Wing nuts comes to mind.
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clem_c_rock
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:15 PM
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8. Ha - fun while it lasted |
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:18 PM
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9. Robinson is getting rich off of his idiot donors |
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The owner pulls in probably over 200k a year off of that web site. He claims it costs that much to run that piece of crap site. His idiot donors don't know you can do just about the same thing for under $25 a month.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:20 PM
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11. That is the worst designed site I think I've ever seen. |
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Edited on Sun Jan-09-05 10:20 PM by Shopaholic
It's terrible. And then there's the content--it really makes you understand the whole theory of evolution. We evolved-they apparently did NOT. What a bunch of dumbasses! I posted all of two messages before they erased my posts and banned me.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:37 PM
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22. Yeah, Rimjob is doing very well, no doubt. |
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Simpleton suckers send him money, and probably to other scumbag frauds like Pat ROBert$on, Jerry Foulball and Anal Roberts...
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:19 PM
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won't stoop to their level by being a troll on their board. I hate it when they disrupt us over here, why perpetuate the cycle. Besides my mother always told me never to argue with an idiot because all they do is bring you down to their level and beat you with their experience.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:48 PM
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25. You don't really have to be a troll |
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just a little bit of criticism of Bush gets you banned. I asked (there, because I genuinely wanted an answer, and I knew that asking here would just generate an avalanche of Bush criticism without an answer) whether Bush had ever personally, publicly apologised for anything - this was when he had sent his spokesman out to say "I apologise on behalf of the President for Abu Ghraib".
Of course, I got a torrent of abuse ("your father should apologise for not using a condom"), loads of "there's nothing to apologise for" (ignoring that the White House thought there was - Bush just wasn't man enough to face the cameras), and one or two thinking answers (someone suggested he had made the apology for the spy plane in China; and one or two even agreed he should have appeared himself. They were probably undercover DUers, though). Unfortunately, someone asked me when Bush had ever lied - and I answered with one example. That got me banned.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:26 PM
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12. My favorite thread was when one guy |
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kept coming back over and over with new screen names, taunting old man robinson, demonstrating how feeble and useless their "banning" software is.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:27 PM
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13. to be fair, we kick those assholes out of here all the time |
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the difference is they are never able to come up with FACTS - just pathetic right wingnut spin that shows how incredibly misinformed they are
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clem_c_rock
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:28 PM
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14. As long as they're semi polite they shouldn't be kicked out of here |
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clem_c_rock
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Mon Jan-10-05 12:44 AM
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34. and what the F** is that supposed to mean? |
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:41 PM
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I come here to get away from them and I don't want them here no matter how "polite" they are. DU is my island of sanity - if I wanted to hear their crap I just have to turn on the TV, the radio, or read the newspaper or talk to my wingnut coworkers. I DO NOT WANT THEM HERE PERIOD.
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Mon Jan-10-05 12:47 AM
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38. It doesn't bother me-they usually get torn a new assh*** |
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Edited on Mon Jan-10-05 12:48 AM by clem_c_rock
Rather quickly here and it can be rather humorous
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:28 PM
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15. They DO have a bad looking site |
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honestly, I don't think RWers have any taste.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:28 PM
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16. Here is how to infiltrate Free Republic |
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1. Never do more than agree.
2. Never say anything too outrageous.
3. Try to be the first person to post a few Matt Drudge "news" scoops.
Then you can finally do stuff like ask who will do a autosear modification to your AR-15 and get the idiot's phone number to turn over to BATF.
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Mon Jan-10-05 03:40 PM
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45. What on earth does "do a autosear modification to your AR-15" mean? |
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Mon Jan-10-05 08:09 PM
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48. Replace the semi-automatic sear with the notched M-16 version.. |
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and illegally make it full automatic.
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:58 PM
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54. I still don't understand. Are you talking about guns? |
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Sorry, British, pardon my ignorance.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:31 PM
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I would think it's a complete waste of time!
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:31 PM
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I posted a very wishy-washy protest ("as a Republican), so as to disguise myself...and minutes later my posting priviliges were revoked.
I assure you that my post was very camouflaged..I wrote like a Republican would and made a very wishy washy protest on something...and they still removed me.
if you're not a right-wing extremist...the Freeps will throw you out.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:34 PM
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20. I got 2 posts, then ...ZAP. Is that what they call it? Sumpin' like that |
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:37 PM
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21. Ah, don't presume. I know lots of authentically liberal, rich Democrats |
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Our circumstances alone do not determine the course of our worldview. Much of it is internal.
Ironically, inheritance gave me a unique appreciation for how arbitrarily wealth can be distributed, and how little it often has to do with one's work ethic or contribution to society.
I agree about the design, incidentally. FR is genuinely hard to look at, all partisanship aside.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:46 PM
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24. I've posted several times... |
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and still haven't been found out. Here's a couple hints:
1) Always refer to the Idiot Son as "President Bush". 2) Make sure you misspell a word or two. ("looser" for the word "loser" is a personal favorite.) 3) When referring to DU posters, you must come up with a cutesy name...ie: DUfus, or DUmmies, be imaginative, they love that. 4) Never ever use foul language! This is a dead giveaway, as Compassionate, Conservative, Christian, Busheeple would not do that.
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Sun Jan-09-05 11:20 PM
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31. I've been there quite a long time now |
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And I'd like to add to your list.
1) No matter what currently resides between your legs... pretend you have a penis. For as much as they speak their love of women, they sure as hell don't respect them or enjoy conversing with them.
2) This goes without saying, but be a STRAIGHT, FRUSTRATED male.
3) Don't talk about Randi, Al, KO or any other "might be" liberal pundits are saying -- at least not until you've set up a pattern of hating those folks on CNN, ABC, MSNBC, CBS and NBC. It's almost always safe to discuss items from FAUX.
4) Stick to more 'social' postings at first. These are difficult to find because there really isn't a social area... but be on the lookout. The folks there are amazingly paranoid and you'll want to ease yourself into the community.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:50 PM
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26. I lasted about a year (I was careful) |
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What finally got me kicked off?
I had the gall to suggest that not everybody felt that homosexuals were "degenerates".
Really, that's it. I'd spent a year staying low-key and interjecting occasional moderate comments and THAT'S why they banned me.
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:55 PM
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29. You Did Not Drink Ze Koolaid |
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Mon Jan-10-05 01:36 AM
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41. Should have argued a libertarian point of view there |
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Like
"I don't like queers, but I don't want laws regulating sex."
That might fly.
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Mon Jan-10-05 08:05 PM
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47. I tried. I just couldn't agree that gays were "degenerates". |
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I had to have SOME standards....
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Sun Jan-09-05 10:59 PM
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30. Heck I won't even LOOK at that site. |
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Period. I won't follow links to it and when I think a thread has quotes pasted in it from freeperville, I don't even open that thread up.
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Mon Jan-10-05 12:31 AM
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that you didn't see fit to share the link to the web site that I provided you with our fellow members. http://www.pottymouth.org/humor/shinola.html
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Mon Jan-10-05 12:44 AM
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35. Both sites ban for being of the other side |
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A freep posting here would get banned as quickly as possible as well.
So what?
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Mon Jan-10-05 12:47 AM
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37. Rich Republicans? I don't think so, unless you consider aluminum cans |
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piled in back of a trailer, riches.
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Mon Jan-10-05 12:49 AM
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39. I created an account called "bushisanidiot" and when I tried to make my |
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first post, it told me that my posting privileges had been revoked.
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Mon Jan-10-05 12:50 AM
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40. It's also the ugliest site I've seen in years, in terms of design and.. |
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.. layout, not to even mention the ugliness of the viewpoints there.
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Mon Jan-10-05 03:08 PM
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42. their site looks like crap |
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my dog could make a better one using frontpage...and that's bad
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Mon Jan-10-05 03:36 PM
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43. nope. don't plan on it. |
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I rarely even click over there when someone posts a link.
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Mon Jan-10-05 03:37 PM
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44. I have better things to do with my time. n/t |
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Mon Jan-10-05 04:03 PM
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46. I don't hang out at garbage dumps! |
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Mon Jan-10-05 08:12 PM
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I don't fake very well. They were attacking Kerry, I attacked Bush, and didn't get kicked off but didn't go back. The place makes me vomit. :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:
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Mon Jan-10-05 08:14 PM
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50. never argue with an idiot in public |
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no one will be able to tell who the idiot is
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Mon Jan-10-05 08:16 PM
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As long as you post an opposing argument in a thoughtful manner, you won't be kicked off right?
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Mon Jan-10-05 08:16 PM
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52. Just out of curiousity.. |
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I have been checking out the conservative underground. I didn't know that existed until yesterday. Their site looks a lot like this one except they have a section that replies back to our posts. Is Free Republic worse than the CU?
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Mon Jan-10-05 08:37 PM
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comments on khephra. mostly heartfelt condolences, a few heartless insults.
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