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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Thanks. I only came to awareness that objective evil is here--it is not an abstraction any longer. So when KJP calls for unity----uhh no. Your side has unmasked itself.

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Pi Guy's avatar

PS: Just back from Amherst. Beautiful countryside campus. Looks like a fine school academically. The young tour guide - Econometrics/CS double major; stepson plans to major in Math so a good match - was an absolutely wonderful ambassador for his school and its mission.

And I totally saw all of the, well, Evil of which you and Mr. V3 warned me.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

2nd thought--you were there outside of term time and saw the rot!

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Pi Guy's avatar

LOL I suggested that to the fam.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Sure is a beautiful countryside campus. Mount Holyoke has that as well (but not for your boy). Spent many happy hours in the Phi Gamma Chi house (w. the not-yet Mr. V3)--the white Greek "temple" upon the hill. immediately uphill from Emily Dickinson's home. V. glad you saw the other side clearly. Thx for message!

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Pi Guy's avatar

Not that I think it's in the running but the 5 colleges are now a consortium and students can take a class - even at Holyoke or Smith - if they don't offer it at Amherst, although I imagine UMass is leveraged in this way the most.

I was impressed to know that Dickinson - the first woman undergrad at Amherst - and Robert Frost and Calvin Coolidge (Silent Cal's my Fave Prez of all time) are also alums.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

ThereтАЩs some revisionism there, I am sure. Emily D was a student at Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary. Amherst did not permit females back then. The 5-College Consortium was in place before my sophomore year, as I took Catullus at Amherst , Sept тАШ69(and had to run from return bus to zoology class. Frost was in place when Mr. V3 was student, He agrees w. you on Silent Cal, fwiw.

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Pi Guy's avatar

LOL well, they did stretch that a bit.

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Tim's avatar

What do you think of Trump also calling for unity? I take it as a terrible sign.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

I imagine DJT is pleading for unity from Never-Trumpers and pro/anti vaxxers. Not from the left which has clearly now, if not before, unmasked itselfтАФin Karen Pinder fashion.

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Tim's avatar

Maybe he's leading them on. But I'm seeing a repeat of last time, trying to make nice with people who only want him gone.

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David Robson's avatar

Certainly Trump's selection of JD Vance as his VP seems to support your contention.

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Tim's avatar

CouldтАЩve been worse. Scott or Rubio. In any case, weтАЩre just gonna need to keep our expectations in check.

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psynquantz's avatar

I wasn't quite sure why so many famous professional actors aggressively loathed Trump. TDS? Were they conscientiously playing part/role then? Now I get it differently. They are insanely jealous. He has the best role ever and they also know and resent that he is the greatest actor ever. #MaybeOtherSecretServicesActedDeceitfully.

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