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2 replies on “America Not So Unlike Rest of World”
Smiles vs frowns and the US surplus Jeep complete with star markings were the dead giveaway. Perhaps if you put a photo from Ferguson it might have been more difficult, literally and figuratively.
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I was going for the ironic juxtaposition of uniformed soliders piled in the bed of a civilian pickup versus armed rednecks piled onto an ersatz military vehicle. I’m still in embarrassed denial about the whole shameful Ferguson thing, as far as this blog is concerned.
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