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Prairie Gates

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2. I think a lot of people are just gritting their teeth on the assumption that this kookiness will end soon

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Jan 12, 2026, 11:59 AM

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I don't know if they're optimists or not, or wise or not.

There's a sense among a lot of people I know that we're just going to have to live through this fever for a little while, and maybe come out of it. I think what you see in Minneapolis is a lot of those same people seeing that belief challenged as the thuggishness and craziness of it comes closer and closer to home.

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I think a lot of people are just gritting their teeth on the assumption that this kookiness will end soon Prairie Gates Monday #2

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