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Barbara Bennett's avatar

Thanks for more wonderful stories of your grandparents. Can they adopt me posthumously? And I'll be there tomorrow at the rally in Raleigh with Jill and Margaret Bauer. And I'll be there next Saturday at Flyleaf. I bought a copy of the book when it first came out and have been waiting for a time to get it signed!

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Belle Boggs & Beatrice Allen's avatar

Hooray, I was going to send you an email about it today! Can't wait to see you.

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Magpie Hollow Farm's avatar

I assume you were for free speech for perspectives skeptical of the covid narrative - that it came from a lab, that the "vaccines" were not "safe and effective" and so on. I assume you jumped to the defense of people who said that Iraq didn't have WMD and that Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with al Qaeda and the 9/11 attacks. I assume you defended the free speech rights of those asserting that the corruption indicated by the Hunter Biden laptop scandal was real corruption and not Russian disinformation. You have truly been a free speech advocate this whole time, right? You are not just a midwit opportunist using the "free speech" argument as a convenient way to criticize the contemporary Trump admin, right?

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Richard Allen's avatar

The First Amendment is a restraint on the government. Being a supporter of the First Amendment and opposing government restrictions on speech doesn't obligate a private citizen to speak up on behalf of, or hear out, or provide a platform for, people with viewpoints they don't agree with.

If Belle blocks you for being annoying, which she's probably going to do if you post another rude comment like this, your free speech rights will remain intact.

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Belle Boggs & Beatrice Allen's avatar

Blocked! Just FYI to the frog troublers, should have done this when they called my neighbor a bot.

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Richard Allen's avatar

Steadman is a dashing young lad

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Jill McCorkle's avatar

Oh what a beautiful, moving post about your Dad, Belle. He would be so proud, indeed. And I know your wonderful Mom is too. Thank you ❤️ and thanks for all you’re doing to make tomorrow happen!! See you then.

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