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Prairie Gates

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4. Usually, when people say "There will be a reckoning," I roll my eyes: that's not how history works

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:13 PM

Thursday

There's isn't any justice and there are no reckonings.

But in this case, I think that's wrong. There will be a reckoning for this. The scale of the horror is too great. The disgust with the perpetrators is too widespread.

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But we were "defending Western civilization"! AloeVera Thursday #1

And now Been A Dick Donald is probably going to strike Venezuela MarineCombatEngineer 8 hrs ago #6

Kick and meanwhile the bodies returned from Israel cannot be identified, a mass grave, one of many I fear ... cliffside Thursday #2

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Usually, when people say "There will be a reckoning," I roll my eyes: that's not how history works Prairie Gates Thursday #4

I have had this image on my mind and heart all day today questionseverything 8 hrs ago #5

Your comment gives me hope and comfort. AloeVera 3 hrs ago #7