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		yardie on April 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mark Twain's two-week stint as a Confederate soldi... The south had “carpetbaggers” because they were traitors. The federal government sent bureaucrats they could trust to run the government in the south.

BrotherBisquick on April 17, 2023 [–]

Exactly. Just like how I'm committing treason against my house by leaving it every morning.

yardie on April 17, 2023 | [–]

The house is still there. You're just no longer part of it.

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