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Biophilic

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5. Both his and his brother's deaths are still painful.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue May 23, 2023, 10:23 AM

May 2023

It's been a long time, but I can still feel the horror and despair I felt at the time. That along with the absolute horror of MLK's killing define that period for me even more than Viet Nam and all the anti-war protests. I had put way too much hope in the future based on these two.

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