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15. I see it as a curtain that was lifted...

Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:27 PM

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Too many of us held on to the false belief of the “American dream” that was a sham, at least since Reagan (for whites) and forever (for all others)… we believed we could count on “justice for all” and “no one is above the law”…. We believed that the execution of our elections were nonpartisan and safe from abuse.. that our judges were nonpartisan and followed the constitution… the supreme court called the shots fairly and maybe got it wrong on some occasions, but overall they were focused on the constitution…. that our constitution created those checks and balances to control each branch of government and no single branch would ever hand their power to another branch.. and so on…. This was the perspective of a lot of white people for decades..

I think this horror show we are watching is opening a lot of eyes that it has been a joke on all of us and we need to make major changes to make it better…. Hopefully that will happen..

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