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Irish_Dem

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2. I lived on military bases as a child and we never had American flags all over the place.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2025, 08:26 AM

Jun 10

I lived on USAF bases, there was one flag in front of the base commanders office.
That was it.

There were not multiple flags flying everywhere.
We would have been shocked and appalled at all the display of ultra nationalism.

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