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Kid Berwyn

(14,790 posts)

8. Barr a Bully

Reply to usaf-vet (Original post)

Sun Jun 21, 2020, 11:16 AM

Jun 2020

When William Barr was nominated by George Bush Sr. to be attorney general in 1991, I got a jolt of post-traumatic stress. The announcement flashed me back to personal victimization by Barr that I had not thought of for 25 years. “Could it be,” I wondered, “that the sociopath from my childhood is really about to become the highest legal official in the land?”

Source: https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-barr-bullied-me-because-i-backed-civil-rights

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This should frighten us all. Trump's attorney general wants god's moral order enforced by government [View all] usaf-vet Jun 2020 OP

It is frightening Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #1

These Christians are about as far from whatever it was Christianity stood for when it was once sop Jun 2020 #2

As Christians, one should be following safeinOhio Jun 2020 #3

Straight from the school of thought from the Handmaids tale...... sunonmars Jun 2020 #4

It is frightening and disgusting. SamKnause Jun 2020 #5

He is a member of Opus Dei - "The Works of God" LastDemocratInSC Jun 2020 #6

It is frightening. It really has nothing to do with moral order at all. K&R for visibility. crickets Jun 2020 #7

Barr a Bully Kid Berwyn Jun 2020 #8