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Ian1779

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,431
Grendel said:
mmmm lets single out a jewish mp

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So he’s conflating the actions of what are probably British born people with the ‘primitives’ from the Middle East.....

Keep digging.
 

Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,432
Ian1779 said:
WhY aRe LaBoUr Mp’S sO rAcIsT??
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Fabricant - worst barnet in politics?
 
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Grendel

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,433
Ian1779 said:
So he’s conflating the actions of what are probably British born people with the ‘primitives’ from the Middle East.....

Keep digging.
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I assume you think Luciana Berger made uo her claims of anti semitism?

its you and your party thats digging

This whole discussion was started when Evo showed a video you dismissed with no
knowledge as fake. It seems to now be on the national news...
 

Grendel

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,434
Ian1779 said:
It’s a fake.
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Starmer believes its genuine?

Redirect Notice
 

Ian1779

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,435
Grendel said:
I assume you think Luciana Berger made uo her claims of anti semitism?

its you and your party thats digging

This whole discussion was started when Evo showed a video you dismissed with no
knowledge as fake. It seems to now be on the national news...
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The person sent to prison for giving Berger AS abuse was a white supremacist, Neo Nazi fuckhead.

Man who harassed MP Luciana Berger online is jailed for two years

If there are Labour supporters (or supporters of any political party) guilty of giving her or others AS abuse then why have they not been charged and punished. I’d be all for that, as I’m sure you would too.
 
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Ian1779

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,436
Grendel said:
Starmer believes its genuine?
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Well one of us is wrong. If it’s me I’ll happily put my hands up. If it turns out it is fake, will Starmer, Patel and everyone else that has something to say apologise for pedalling inaccuracies?
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,437
Ian1779 said:
Well one of us is wrong. If it’s me I’ll happily put my hands up. If it turns out it is fake, will Starmer, Patel and everyone else that has something to say apologise for pedalling inaccuracies?
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G certainly wont
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,438
Ian1779 said:
Well one of us is wrong. If it’s me I’ll happily put my hands up. If it turns out it is fake, will Starmer, Patel and everyone else that has something to say apologise for pedalling inaccuracies?
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How could it be fake?
 

Ian1779

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,439
Brighton Sky Blue said:
How could it be fake?
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The claim was that it was a stock video with an audio recorded over the top. If it’s not fake then the people involved need to be charged with inciting hatred.
 
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TomRad85

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,440
Ian1779 said:
Well one of us is wrong. If it’s me I’ll happily put my hands up. If it turns out it is fake, will Starmer, Patel and everyone else that has something to say apologise for pedalling inaccuracies?
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Even if the voice over is fake, why do you suppose they were driving around a Jewish part of London?

Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk
 
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Grendel

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,441
Ian1779 said:
The person sent to prison for giving Berger AS abuse was a white supremacist, Neo Nazi fuckhead.

Man who harassed MP Luciana Berger online is jailed for two years

If there are Labour supporters (or supporters of any political party) guilty of giving her or others AS abuse then why have they not been charged and punished. I’d be all for that, as I’m sure you would too.
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Just listen to yourself so shes a liar ok

Mr corbyn of course has been thrown out the party which i assume you support?

Luciana Berger accuses Jeremy Corbyn of anti-Semitism

Luciana Berger, who resigned from Labour after suffering anti-Semitic abuse, was asked whether she thinks Jeremy Corbyn is anti-Semitic.
www.bbc.co.uk
 

Grendel

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,442
Ian1779 said:
The claim was that it was a stock video with an audio recorded over the top. If it’s not fake then the people involved need to be charged with inciting hatred.
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where was this claimed?
 

Ian1779

Well-Known Member
  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,443
Grendel said:
Just listen to yourself so shes a liar ok

Mr corbyn of course has been thrown out the party which i assume you support?

Luciana Berger accuses Jeremy Corbyn of anti-Semitism

Luciana Berger, who resigned from Labour after suffering anti-Semitic abuse, was asked whether she thinks Jeremy Corbyn is anti-Semitic.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Where did I say she’s a liar??
There is a simple way to get to the bottom of this. If he is anti-Semitic then he will have made AS comments, which are out there in the public domain, and then he can be charged with a hate crime.

Why won’t anyone take him to court on it if he’s so guilty?
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,444
Ian1779 said:
Where did I say she’s a liar??
There is a simple way to get to the bottom of this. If he is anti-Semitic then he will have made AS comments, which are out there in the public domain, and then he can be charged with a hate crime.

Why won’t anyone take him to court on it if he’s so guilty?
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Havent you accused Boris Johnson of racism?
 

Ian1779

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,445
Grendel said:
Havent you accused Boris Johnson of racism?
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More whataboutery from you.
 
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Deleted member 4439

Guest
  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,446
Grendel said:
where was this claimed?
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It was a comment on the same tweet, that's all.

For me, the protest-led violence elsewhere is more disturbing than just a lowlife in a beemer shouting filth.
 
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Grendel

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,447
Ian1779 said:
More whataboutery from you.
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no he hasnt been charged with a hate crime.

At least you like me do not think Mr Johnson is a racist and you have never accused him of such.
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,448
Didn’t Boris Johnson write that Jews control the media and fix elections? Amongst other anti-Semitic stereotypes he wrote.
 
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Deleted member 4439

Guest
  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,449
Corbyn at Saturday's rally, with a nice back drop of a blow up caricature of a jew with devil horns.

Nice one mate.


 
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Evo1883

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,450
dubed said:
Corbyn at Saturday's rally, with a nice back drop of a blow up caricature of a jew with devil horns.

Nice one mate.

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He hasn't tweeted about todays anti semitism , instead doubled down half hour ago about Palestine.
Same with dianne Abbott

Many Labour MPs tweeted support for the protests yesterday , some attended

Every time people tell Labour what they are doing wrong ..they keep doing it .

Let the party die , infact no , sit back and watch it die
 
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skybluetony176

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,451
skybluetony176 said:
Didn’t Boris Johnson write that Jews control the media and fix elections? Amongst other anti-Semitic stereotypes he wrote.
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Yeah he did.

Can we talk about Boris Johnson’s anti-Semitism now, please? – The Oxford Student

Image description: screen on truck reads “Holocaust deniers harboured by Labour”. Edited over the top is Jeremy Corbyn’s outline, over which is placed a prohibition symbol, as well as Boris Johnson’s outline, over which is placed a question mark. CW: discussion of anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic...
www.oxfordstudent.com
Imagine if (insert any Labour politicians name here) had wrote this. Why couldn’t they make the Jewish character a good guy instead of promoting lazy stereotypes through the character, we all know why etc.
 
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Deleted member 4439

Guest
  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,452
Middle Eastern armed conflicts involving Israel inevitably produce outpourings of cliché and muddled thinking: talk of “cycles of violence”, calls for both sides to “exercise restraint” and for immediate ceasefires. Most convey no more than virtue-signalling moral equivalence.

Allegedly improper evictions of Arab tenants in East Jerusalem did not cause Hamas’s recent missile and drone attacks against Israel, nor did “longstanding historical grievances”, nor “frustration and alienation,” nor “the Arab street”. All these together cannot justify terrorism against innocent civilians, let alone the roughly 1,500 missiles launched into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Hamas, and now perhaps Hezbollah (missiles were recently fired from Lebanon) knew that their aggression would prompt vigorous Israeli retaliation.

More is at stake. Iran and its terrorist surrogates concluded that this was a propitious moment to go for Israel’s throat. Why, and why now?

Tehran desperately wants relief from the economic sanctions imposed by Washington after US withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Chaos in Israel suits its purposes. Hamas, hoping to eclipse the Palestinian National Authority as the main Arab voice in Gaza and the West Bank, had its own reasons to follow Iran’s lead.

Israel is currently seized by unprecedented political gridlock. Even if Benjamin Netanyahu were rejected as prime minister, no potential successor could afford to be less hard-line on Iran than he. So while Israeli parties that appeal to Arab voters might have benefited in the near term by supporting a new Israeli government, the interests of Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah are better served by continued turmoil.

In fact, the hostilities may have ended deal-making on a possible new Israeli coalition. Significant violence between Arabs and Jews inside Israel itself could mean long-term instability, which only benefits terrorists and radicals across the Middle East. Breakthroughs like the Emirati and Bahraini diplomatic recognition of Israel are now highly unlikely for the foreseeable future – another win for Iran. And while Israel is preoccupied, Iran is likely planning more clandestine shipments of weapons and supplies to Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.

Viewing America’s return to the nuclear deal in near-theological terms, President Biden feels pressured by Iran’s impending June elections. Iran sees that he faces major domestic political problems caused by vehement opposition from Israel and Gulf Arabs to any lessening of US pressure on Tehran. Distracting Jerusalem reduces its ability to influence Washington in these nuclear negotiations.

Whether Iran instigated the current conflict, or merely aggravated it, we do not yet know, but the consequences are the same regardless. How should Israel and the wider West respond?

Negotiations are not the answer. Israel, justified by its right to self-defence, would be wiser to eliminate Hamas as a military force now, once and for all. It had a similar opportunity to destroy Hezbollah during the 2006 Lebanon War, which was indeed Israel’s declared objective. Failing to follow through, however, left Hezbollah the dominant force in Lebanon, and allowed Iran to expand its presence in Syria. Hezbollah is a greater threat today than 15 years ago. Israel should not ignore this lesson.

Moreover, what is the value of negotiated commitments from terrorists? In his fireside chat of December 29 1940, best known for describing America as “the arsenal of democracy”, President Franklin D Roosevelt said: “No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb.” Some things never change.

Negotiations with overzealous enemies only make sense when they are one-way. In the American Civil War, General Ulysses S Grant’s initials were said to stand for “unconditional surrender”, his trademark demand of defeated Confederate forces. And that was against fellow Americans. Israel can negotiate details of a Hamas surrender, but not whether there will in fact be one.

Iran and Hamas crossed a red line this time. Israel knows what it must do.

John Bolton is a former US national security adviser
 
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Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,453
Was just telling my missus what happened today and my youngest just said with genuine worry ..."are we Jewish dad"

"No darling we are not"
 
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Deleted member 4439

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,454
Evo1883 said:
Was just telling my missus what happened today and my youngest just said with genuine worry ..."are we Jewish dad"

"No darling we are not"
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That's actually quite chilling.
 
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Ian1779

Well-Known Member
  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,455
dubed said:
Middle Eastern armed conflicts involving Israel inevitably produce outpourings of cliché and muddled thinking: talk of “cycles of violence”, calls for both sides to “exercise restraint” and for immediate ceasefires. Most convey no more than virtue-signalling moral equivalence.

Allegedly improper evictions of Arab tenants in East Jerusalem did not cause Hamas’s recent missile and drone attacks against Israel, nor did “longstanding historical grievances”, nor “frustration and alienation,” nor “the Arab street”. All these together cannot justify terrorism against innocent civilians, let alone the roughly 1,500 missiles launched into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Hamas, and now perhaps Hezbollah (missiles were recently fired from Lebanon) knew that their aggression would prompt vigorous Israeli retaliation.

More is at stake. Iran and its terrorist surrogates concluded that this was a propitious moment to go for Israel’s throat. Why, and why now?

Tehran desperately wants relief from the economic sanctions imposed by Washington after US withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Chaos in Israel suits its purposes. Hamas, hoping to eclipse the Palestinian National Authority as the main Arab voice in Gaza and the West Bank, had its own reasons to follow Iran’s lead.

Israel is currently seized by unprecedented political gridlock. Even if Benjamin Netanyahu were rejected as prime minister, no potential successor could afford to be less hard-line on Iran than he. So while Israeli parties that appeal to Arab voters might have benefited in the near term by supporting a new Israeli government, the interests of Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah are better served by continued turmoil.

In fact, the hostilities may have ended deal-making on a possible new Israeli coalition. Significant violence between Arabs and Jews inside Israel itself could mean long-term instability, which only benefits terrorists and radicals across the Middle East. Breakthroughs like the Emirati and Bahraini diplomatic recognition of Israel are now highly unlikely for the foreseeable future – another win for Iran. And while Israel is preoccupied, Iran is likely planning more clandestine shipments of weapons and supplies to Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.

Viewing America’s return to the nuclear deal in near-theological terms, President Biden feels pressured by Iran’s impending June elections. Iran sees that he faces major domestic political problems caused by vehement opposition from Israel and Gulf Arabs to any lessening of US pressure on Tehran. Distracting Jerusalem reduces its ability to influence Washington in these nuclear negotiations.

Whether Iran instigated the current conflict, or merely aggravated it, we do not yet know, but the consequences are the same regardless. How should Israel and the wider West respond?

Negotiations are not the answer. Israel, justified by its right to self-defence, would be wiser to eliminate Hamas as a military force now, once and for all. It had a similar opportunity to destroy Hezbollah during the 2006 Lebanon War, which was indeed Israel’s declared objective. Failing to follow through, however, left Hezbollah the dominant force in Lebanon, and allowed Iran to expand its presence in Syria. Hezbollah is a greater threat today than 15 years ago. Israel should not ignore this lesson.

Moreover, what is the value of negotiated commitments from terrorists? In his fireside chat of December 29 1940, best known for describing America as “the arsenal of democracy”, President Franklin D Roosevelt said: “No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb.” Some things never change.

Negotiations with overzealous enemies only make sense when they are one-way. In the American Civil War, General Ulysses S Grant’s initials were said to stand for “unconditional surrender”, his trademark demand of defeated Confederate forces. And that was against fellow Americans. Israel can negotiate details of a Hamas surrender, but not whether there will in fact be one.

Iran and Hamas crossed a red line this time. Israel knows what it must do.

John Bolton is a former US national security adviser
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So this is fact is it? Or just conjecture?
 
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  • May 16, 2021
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Ian1779 said:
So this is fact is it? Or just conjecture?
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Eh? It's a political insight/view. Certainly, it's pretty much an accepted fact that Iran is arming Hamas with low flying missiles now capable of reaching TA. Again to be clear, this isn't about the rights and wrongs of land ownership and occupation, but about the proxies involved in all wars. It goes back to my point about Irish Republicanism - it's one thing to believe in an outcome, another to always support the means. Nothing is simple and straightforward, nothing is black and white.
 
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Ian1779

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,457
dubed said:
Eh? It's a political insight/view. Certainly, it's pretty much an accepted fact that Iran is arming Hamas with low flying missiles now capable of reaching TA. Again to be clear, this isn't about the rights and wrongs of land ownership and occupation, but about the proxies involved in all wars.
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Whereas we are arming Israel, but getting cash in the process. The language here and in all this analysis and reporting is so deliberate. Iran is arming them... therefore culpable. UK/US arming Israel... zero culpability. Maybe there would be some way to resolve this conflict, by simply reporting actual facts.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,458
Evo1883 said:
Was just telling my missus what happened today and my youngest just said with genuine worry ..."are we Jewish dad"

"No darling we are not"
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Do you think Keir Starmer is going to come to your door in an SS uniform?
 
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Evo1883

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,459
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Do you think Keir Starmer is going to come to your door in an SS uniform?
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No mate , but good to see keir condemn today immediately
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,460
Apparently a Rabbi was attacked in Essex too
 
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Deleted member 4439

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  • May 16, 2021
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Ian1779 said:
Whereas we are arming Israel, but getting cash in the process. The language here and in all this analysis and reporting is so deliberate. Iran is arming them... therefore culpable. UK/US arming Israel... zero culpability. Maybe there would be some way to resolve this conflict, by simply reporting actual facts.
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I totally agree that it will be a perspective being used in support of a particular position, and I have to say I didn't much warm to certain tone in that piece (simply offered it up as a perspective).. But I can tell you this, Hamas didn't knock up their new capability in a goat yard.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,462
Evo1883 said:
No mate , but good to see keir condemn today immediately
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Backbench MPs on both sides have expressed some pretty unfortunate views on a range of topics. Try not to judge the parties overall by either.

Just a fact to state that the origins of anti-Semitism lie in the far right. On the left it seems to be an idealistic effort to side with an 'underdog', more extreme types will go full circle to the far right.
 

Evo1883

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  • May 16, 2021
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Ccfcisparks

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  • May 16, 2021
  • #3,464
Evo1883 said:
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Reminds me of that scene off Borat
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 16, 2021
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Evo1883 said:
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Well that is clearly indefensible
 
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