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Old 03-16-2023, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by RiderOnTheStorm View Post
Read carefully: I said the OTHER side not EITHER side. Anyone who sided with the British or their state-side allies would qualify. In any event, it was a joke and not to be taken seriously.
Rather, Rider, read carefully what you wrote which was

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Does it matter if I may have helped the wrong side?
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How could you have possibly helped either side?
See, Kenswing commented that you [not your ancestors] could not have helped either side as you were not alive in 1776, making a joke which you didn't seem to get. Instead you chided him for lack of reading comprehension and not being able to tell someone is making an online joke. Hmm
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