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To: MayflowerMadam

Thanks for responding to my post.

That “Independence Day” song does pack a punch, I will admit. The problem is that while I certainly don’t condone spousal abuse, neither do I go in for that leftist “believe all women” deal.

I’m a lifelong bachelor at 62. I’ve dated my share of women and heard their stories about what creeps their exes were.

I nodded my head and tried to be as sympathetic as I could manage, without looking like a wimp. Of course, none of these acquaintanceships turned into anything worthwhile.

In my observations, most marriages end because of boredom, usually hers. I don’t completely discount stories of abuse, but I also recognize that people of both sexes are apt to give self-serving accounts of their conduct.

So, I guess this is a long explanation why “Independence Day” may not work as a Trump song.

Personally, I’d stick with John Philip Sousa.


16 posted on 06/27/2020 12:14:08 AM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: Nothingburger

Back in the early ‘70s, before domestic abuse was “a thing”, my two supervisors noticed marks on me that shouldn’t have been there. They talked to me and I told them the cause. THIS time it was when then-husband had hit me on the arms and hands with a stiff-bristled brush.

Other things had happened before. Typical mindset 50 years ago was that “these things happen”, and it’s just part of being married. Shoot .. 21 years old; what did I know?

They reported him to the A.F. base where he was stationed. TPTB said he had a choice to make it stop or to be confined to Base.

It happens for real. And he is my EX.


35 posted on 06/27/2020 3:28:34 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Nothingburger

What in the hell are you babbling about and what does it have to do with the suggestion of a song?


48 posted on 06/27/2020 6:09:08 AM PDT by Shane (When Injustice Becomes Law, RESISTANCE Becomes DUTY.----T.Jefferson)
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