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ananda

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17. I would suggest it's not a collapse at all.
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 06:24 PM
9 hrs ago

This country was founded by slave owners
and built on both slavery and genocide.

Then there was rugged individualism and
the wild west mentality.

Those have never left us.

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Ruthless murdering psychopaths are the new American role model and idol. Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #1
I would suggest it's not a collapse at all. ananda 9 hrs ago #17
Good point. But at points in time in US history they at least pretended to be good guys. Irish_Dem 9 hrs ago #18
Agree. Their anger and hate is out in the open now. ananda 8 hrs ago #42
Remember that people cheered when George Zimmerman and Kyle Rittenhouse got off the hook. Initech 9 hrs ago #26
Yes. Cold blooded killers are American heroes. Irish_Dem 9 hrs ago #29
Sandy Hook was America's shark-jumping point. Initech 9 hrs ago #31
Six year olds shot to ribbons as they sat in school. Irish_Dem 8 hrs ago #37
Oh Americans didn't just merely not care. Initech 8 hrs ago #38
The worst tragedy a parent can face and they were harassed, stalked, and denigrated. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #45
That's why I call it America's "shark-jumping" point. Initech 5 hrs ago #48
Don't bloody forget!!! jaymac 8 hrs ago #41
He'll need that money for his legal mzmolly 10 hrs ago #2
Sadly, I agree... there Thousands of Fascists and traitors.... Bread and Circuses 10 hrs ago #3
I just go to one guy's page because... LuckyCharms 10 hrs ago #7
DHS Posts 3-Minute Clip of Renee Good Blocking Traffic in Effort to Refute Mayor Frey's Claim CatWoman 10 hrs ago #4
Ross was NOT in "fear for his life" and was B.See 9 hrs ago #23
Even if true (which it is not) "blocking traffic" choie 9 hrs ago #28
It's a very special reality dpibel 9 hrs ago #32
Why does Ross need a GoFundMe page? sop 10 hrs ago #5
Probably all three. FoxNewsSucks 10 hrs ago #13
Because he is greedy. Report the gofund me page for him. He is a murderer Trueblue1968 5 hrs ago #53
WTF! Ross has a goFundme?! mysteryowl 10 hrs ago #6
Hey, they gave $700,000 to a racist... B.See 9 hrs ago #24
Someone donated $5 CountAllVotes 10 hrs ago #8
Can you donate a penny and post? mobeau69 10 hrs ago #9
I don't know CountAllVotes 10 hrs ago #10
How about one Venezuelan Bolivar? The Madcap 10 hrs ago #11
I found a better one: sheshe2 5 hrs ago #54
How much has he raised? senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #12
Last I looked, $233,000. LuckyCharms 10 hrs ago #14
Ms. Good's family should get every penny of that. groundloop 9 hrs ago #15
Profiting off murder Red Mountain 9 hrs ago #19
Go fund me peachpit24 9 hrs ago #16
I got off Facebook for that reason ybbor 9 hrs ago #20
I killed my account in 2017 when my own cousins... LuckyCharms 9 hrs ago #21
My family in Wisconsin is like that. TBF 9 hrs ago #36
My brothers are that way Bettie 6 hrs ago #47
"until I fought back" Grokenstein 9 hrs ago #22
I'm going to get slammed for saying this... LuckyCharms 9 hrs ago #27
100% correct. The Grand Illuminist 9 hrs ago #35
Kyle Rittenhouse had a Go Fund Me account BigmanPigman 9 hrs ago #25
I don't see it the murderer's way at all from his cam footage. InAbLuEsTaTe 9 hrs ago #30
The video completely damns him. n/t valleyrogue 9 hrs ago #33
As EarlG pointed out, he was holding a cell phone in one hand and shooting with the other iemanja 8 hrs ago #40
We are the correct side, you are right. The Grand Illuminist 9 hrs ago #34
What they approve of is murder of someone they think is on the left iemanja 8 hrs ago #39
Zuckerberg is in the tank for TSF. nt spooky3 8 hrs ago #43
I couldn't agree more. Joinfortmill 8 hrs ago #44
Are you talking about his cell phone video ? Bettie 7 hrs ago #46
Yes. LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #49
I was wondering if they had body cams Bettie 4 hrs ago #55
K&R spanone 5 hrs ago #50
Sounds like my siblings calguy 5 hrs ago #51
How much did Rittenhouse get? How much did Zimmerman get? underpants 5 hrs ago #52
Good people must be stronger than evil people BoycottTwitter 3 hrs ago #56
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