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Igel

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9. They've had less than one day to mobilize.
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 09:31 AM
5 hrs ago

And spread the word, get upset, etc., etc.

They are not that well oiled a machine. Esp. since it's (1) Friday to Saturday, (2) during the time of year when stuff on NPR refers to COVID as recent because it was recorded in 2022 or 2023.

I mean, this could have been posted here at Dec 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM EST, incorporated into radio and tv broadcasts last night, big stories on all sorts of web sites ...

And yet ... Apparently it'll be chat groups that are first out of the gate because we are legion and can 'publish' quickly while "those people" that we notice are few and publish much less quickly. (Esp. since a lot of DUers will have to rely on what others say "those people" say, and some will rely on what others say others say about "those people.)

As with everything else, will conservatives of various sorts get upset at this? Some will, some won't. Depends if they value liberty more than they value purity or security (using, of course, their definitions, since applying my or our definitions makes zero sense).

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