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cinnabonbon

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8. The hostility is such a problem. I saw what happened to red too

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #7)

Thu Jan 16, 2014, 10:47 AM

Jan 2014

and what she posted didn't warrant that kind of reaction. (I am nevertheless grateful that she did post post it. She posts a lot of good things.) It's just depressing that we can't talk openly about it without fearing the negative backlash, you know?

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