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lapucelle

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5. For context, Massapequa is LI Trump country.

Reply to lapucelle (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 08:26 AM

Apr 2025

It's in Peter King's old district, and currently repped by Republican Andrew Garbarino.

I posted the text of a public letter from a nun who works with the refugee community to her representative Andrew Garbarino last week.

You haven't really been told off until you've been told off by a nun.

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/122112398

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Education Department to probe New York for trying to pull school mascot of Native American [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 OP

Yeah, because making Native Americans into mascots is Balatro Apr 2025 #1

Sure, our heritage of racism they want to preserve.However, our more sacred heritage of due process and free speech, Walleye Apr 2025 #2

"When they say heritage, they mean oppression misogyny and racism." BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #3

Exactly Walleye Apr 2025 #7

The Massapequa School District had the option to meet with local Indigenous leaders lapucelle Apr 2025 #4

For context, Massapequa is LI Trump country. lapucelle Apr 2025 #5

But one of the biggest pushers of this BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #8

I think that NAGA might have been founded to specifically challenge mascot laws. lapucelle Apr 2025 #15

Yes - and NAGA is who was involved in this... BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #17

I am one of the many people who work hard to elect Democrats on Long Island. lapucelle Apr 2025 #18

And as for cultural respect, I can't count the number of times I've heard "Massapequa" lapucelle Apr 2025 #19

They keep causing me to JustAnotherGen Apr 2025 #6

This is what the bigots running the education department are doing. travelingthrulife Apr 2025 #9

... catbyte Apr 2025 #10

And they will use what I call self-hating "Clarence Thomas-like" orgs to push these things as "justification" BumRushDaShow Apr 2025 #11

You're absolutely right about what Linda MacMahon said. lapucelle Apr 2025 #16

New York Indigenous tribes didn't wear full feather headresses like that anyway Bayard Apr 2025 #12

It's none of your fucking business! liberalgunwilltravel Apr 2025 #13

As if what's left of the Department of Education actually gives a shit about any of this. patphil Apr 2025 #14