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Ping Tung

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6. "Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's minds

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 04:12 PM

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“Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s minds & then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.”

Arundhati Roy

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Big, if true. [View all] Tommy Carcetti Wednesday OP

Freedom of speech leads to riots, and riots bad, says the clown who pardoned 1500 rioters.... unblock Wednesday #1

Gather up Trump Flags & Burn Those !! Captain Zero Wednesday #2

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