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Re:Will the US experience a violent upheaval in 2020? (2012) by kodah on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:21PM (#25720730)
> Conversely right leaning occupations such as veterans, oil rig workers and farmers always have their head in the clouds with high minded idealistic notions that don't work in the real world.

Is this a joke?

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Re:Will the US experience a violent upheaval in 2020? (2012) by johngalt on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:20PM (#25721472)
> Is this a joke?

Yes. The person I was replying to seemed to assume that college was where people are disabused of idealism. My response was satirical.

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Re:Will the US experience a violent upheaval in 2020? (2012) by kodah on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:31PM (#25721581)
I am not going to lie, I was really worried for a bit.

I don't know if I'm delusional at this point for mistaking sarcasm for mainstream political culture opinion, if it's scary that belief is even possibly real, or somewhere in between.

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Re:Will the US experience a violent upheaval in 2020? (2012) by glial on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:10PM (#25721347)
> Is this a joke?

Yes, I think it was a joke.

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