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Re: Cockett comments from sources to channel 2.

Post by Aglicious » December 16th, 2020, 3:53 pm

ViAggie wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:59 pm
splintorb wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:58 pm
Sl7vk wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:57 pm
splintorb wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:56 pm
Sl7vk wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:40 pm
Henninger not coming out smelling like roses on all of this.....
What you hearing about him?
He's the one that put together the survey... survey was worded in a way that pushed the players answers in the direction he wanted. Looking more and more like the ring leader... or one of them.....
Verrrry interesting...
Verrrrry bad looking
Also makes a lot of sense. Remember he was one of the players featured in the last post game media session and was interviewed directly after coach Maile was done. He was asked about the 2020 frozen eligibility and the opportunity to return next year. He replied that his decision was "to be determined" as he looked at coach and then mumbled something about it being dependent on what is decided with the coaching staff. Sounded and looked like he was a big Maile fan and that was sort of his threat towards those in charge to give the job to Frank.



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Re: Cockett comments from sources to channel 2.

Post by ineptimusprime » December 16th, 2020, 4:19 pm

Ok, just no more Utes please.

I feel bad for the exceptional good eggs like Mariner, but Utes have largely ruined our program lately.

We need a “no Utes” policy.
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Re: Cockett comments from sources to channel 2.

Post by Empire of Dirt » December 16th, 2020, 4:21 pm

splintorb wrote:
Donman wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:19 pm
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December 16th, 2020, 2:19 pm
Some of the comments are pretty alarming.
For example this one:

""Dr Cockett SEEMED to be INSINUATING that Coach Maile was not fit for the job because of certain aspects of his background...We were pushing and advocating for him and she had REALLY NO SOLID EXCUSE OTHER THAN HE HASN'T HAD THE WINS HE MIGHT'VE NEEDED"
How is this alarming? This is a President of the University that probably knows very little about football. How is this "that bad"?
Wtf does this even mean? She doesn't need an excuse not to hire him.

And not winning is a pretty damn good excuse.

I think the most alarming thing to me is the quality of the education these kids are getting at my beloved alma mater if this level of thought is any indication.

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Post by ineptimusprime » December 16th, 2020, 4:23 pm

Not having the wins you might’ve needed is disqualifying for a job where winning is the critical component of the job. :lol:

You don’t need any reason besides that.



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Re: Cockett comments from sources to channel 2.

Post by Donman » December 16th, 2020, 4:25 pm

Empire of Dirt wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 4:21 pm
splintorb wrote:
Donman wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:19 pm
Donman wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:19 pm
Some of the comments are pretty alarming.
For example this one:

""Dr Cockett SEEMED to be INSINUATING that Coach Maile was not fit for the job because of certain aspects of his background...We were pushing and advocating for him and she had REALLY NO SOLID EXCUSE OTHER THAN HE HASN'T HAD THE WINS HE MIGHT'VE NEEDED"
How is this alarming? This is a President of the University that probably knows very little about football. How is this "that bad"?
Wtf does this even mean? She doesn't need an excuse not to hire him.

And not winning is a pretty damn good excuse.

I think the most alarming thing to me is the quality of the education these kids are getting at my beloved alma mater if this level of thought is any indication.

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I should have said the comments from the player is alarming. A player who thinks winning isn't a primary factor?

No wonder we won one game.



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Re: Cockett comments from sources to channel 2.

Post by AggieHead » December 16th, 2020, 4:29 pm

IF USU has a competent HR department, and IF the AD and president followed proper hiring protocols, ie screening criteria, hiring rubrics, and documentation of how BA meets the hiring criteria, then they are going to be fine. There is a reason that proper hiring procedure is a pain in the (I can't express myself without swearing), those protocols are so that if someone claims discrimination, you have evidence to defend the decision. If hiring a football coach is a fly by the seat of your pants, informal process based on a "gut feeling" then there will be trouble. I can't imagine hiring the highest paid (or among the highest paid) and highest profile position at USU doesn't come with all of the proper hiring procedure, forms, and criteria that is required to hire a secretary.

Also, the quotes literally make no sense without context. Also, according to the graph of possible responses, there must have been like 20 options to choose from. There are some very tiny slices to that pie.
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Post by ineptimusprime » December 16th, 2020, 4:30 pm

What would have brought a lot of illumination to the poll question about playing the game would have been an option that said:

"Not play the game. I think this is all stupid, but we suck eggs and I really want to play Cyberpunk 2077 rather than lose by 30 in Fort Collins."
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Re: Cockett comments from sources to channel 2.

Post by CaptainChaos » December 16th, 2020, 4:36 pm

splintorb wrote:
Sl7vk wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:57 pm
splintorb wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:56 pm
Sl7vk wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:40 pm
Henninger not coming out smelling like roses on all of this.....
What you hearing about him?
He's the one that put together the survey... survey was worded in a way that pushed the players answers in the direction he wanted. Looking more and more like the ring leader... or one of them.....
Verrrry interesting...
Could he be in trouble for slander?


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Post by ineptimusprime » December 16th, 2020, 4:38 pm

CaptainChaos wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 4:36 pm
splintorb wrote:
Sl7vk wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:57 pm
splintorb wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:56 pm
Sl7vk wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:40 pm
Henninger not coming out smelling like roses on all of this.....
What you hearing about him?
He's the one that put together the survey... survey was worded in a way that pushed the players answers in the direction he wanted. Looking more and more like the ring leader... or one of them.....
Verrrry interesting...
Could he be in trouble for slander?


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Not likely.



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Re: Cockett comments from sources to channel 2.

Post by stang » December 16th, 2020, 4:57 pm

I said on here back towards the start of the season that the coaching staff and many of the players were dead set on not playing football this year and were disappointed when the MW decided to have the season. At that time, people were skeptical just because they couldn't fathom the fact that football coaches and players would just rather not play.

Of course this doesn't represent the team as a whole and I'm sure there were some who were disappointed not to play CSU. But the mentality of Gary and his staff from the offseason seems to have carried through with many on the team throughout the year.



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Post by Aggie formerly in Hawaii » December 16th, 2020, 5:03 pm

stang wrote:
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I said on here back towards the start of the season that the coaching staff and many of the players were dead set on not playing football this year and were disappointed when the MW decided to have the season. At that time, people were skeptical just because they couldn't fathom the fact that football coaches and players would just rather not play.

Of course this doesn't represent the team as a whole and I'm sure there were some who were disappointed not to play CSU. But the mentality of Gary and his staff from the offseason seems to have carried through with many on the team throughout the year.
Yeah it is a bad look to not play. Had they gone out and beaten Colorado State it would have been a much better look for Maile to be the HC somewhere than what transpired.



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Post by USU78 » December 16th, 2020, 5:08 pm

If True, I'd like Henninger gone if I'm BA.


You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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Post by Smokin Joe » December 16th, 2020, 5:31 pm

Her comments are a nothing-burger if ever there was one.



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Post by Blue Sage » December 16th, 2020, 6:51 pm

I have heard from many of my LDS friends who are at the highest levels and down that there is a group of persons who are trying to get rid of LDS persons at USU. Cocketts comment adds gasoline on that fire🔥. Cockett needs to speak out against bigotry. If she isn’t willing to do that I think she should find a new university.


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Post by Smokin Joe » December 16th, 2020, 6:53 pm

Why does Cockett have to adopt your premise that there are people at USU who want to be rid of LDS people? What if that's not true?



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Post by Empire of Dirt » December 16th, 2020, 6:54 pm

It's hard for me to imagine the level of persecution complex you'd have to have in order to think that as a Utah Mormon you were being discriminated against.

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Post by sockpuppet » December 16th, 2020, 7:40 pm

Empire of Dirt wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 4:21 pm
splintorb wrote:
Donman wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:19 pm
Donman wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:19 pm
Some of the comments are pretty alarming.
For example this one:

""Dr Cockett SEEMED to be INSINUATING that Coach Maile was not fit for the job because of certain aspects of his background...We were pushing and advocating for him and she had REALLY NO SOLID EXCUSE OTHER THAN HE HASN'T HAD THE WINS HE MIGHT'VE NEEDED"
How is this alarming? This is a President of the University that probably knows very little about football. How is this "that bad"?
Wtf does this even mean? She doesn't need an excuse not to hire him.

And not winning is a pretty damn good excuse.

I think the most alarming thing to me is the quality of the education these kids are getting at my beloved alma mater if this level of thought is any indication.

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Not a fair representation of USU students or the quality of education the University has to offer. We're not dealing with engineering students here, and many of them are in the early developmental phase of CTE.



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Post by kofdog » December 16th, 2020, 7:41 pm

What if she came to the meeting, having already hired BA and asked the players what they thought or what they wanted. Then As they spoke she replied with thoughts. Someone brings up LDS and Tongan and the quote we have is her reply. Hmm, heard this scenario today...from a decent perceptive.



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Post by NikeRunner » December 16th, 2020, 8:09 pm

Sl7vk wrote:Henninger not coming out smelling like roses on all of this.....
Where did we hear that he put the survey together?


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Post by Elkaggie » December 16th, 2020, 8:12 pm

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What if she came to the meeting, having already hired BA and asked the players what they thought or what they wanted. Then As they spoke she replied with thoughts. Someone brings up LDS and Tongan and the quote we have is her reply. Hmm, heard this scenario today...from a decent perceptive.
She knew at the meeting that BA was going to be the coach.



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Post by Imakeitrain » December 16th, 2020, 8:18 pm

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It's hard for me to imagine the level of persecution complex you'd have to have in order to think that as a Utah Mormon you were being discriminated against.

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There are certainly individual professors who discriminate against people of the predominant religion. Students have a right to learn in an environment that isn’t hostile. It’s also fairly strong in non teaching staff.

Utah may very well be predominantly lds- but higher education is still heavily not- to put it nicely.

Although USU is less discriminatory than most, it’s still prone to biases that exist in higher education.
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Post by bpd » December 16th, 2020, 8:27 pm

Aglicious wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 3:53 pm
ViAggie wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:59 pm
splintorb wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:58 pm
Sl7vk wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:57 pm
splintorb wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:56 pm
Sl7vk wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 2:40 pm
Henninger not coming out smelling like roses on all of this.....
What you hearing about him?
He's the one that put together the survey... survey was worded in a way that pushed the players answers in the direction he wanted. Looking more and more like the ring leader... or one of them.....
Verrrry interesting...
Verrrrry bad looking
Also makes a lot of sense. Remember he was one of the players featured in the last post game media session and was interviewed directly after coach Maile was done. He was asked about the 2020 frozen eligibility and the opportunity to return next year. He replied that his decision was "to be determined" as he looked at coach and then mumbled something about it being dependent on what is decided with the coaching staff. Sounded and looked like he was a big Maile fan and that was sort of his threat towards those in charge to give the job to Frank.
This is a very important point. Nick was obviously pissed.



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Post by Empire of Dirt » December 16th, 2020, 9:10 pm

Imakeitrain wrote:
Empire of Dirt wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 6:54 pm
It's hard for me to imagine the level of persecution complex you'd have to have in order to think that as a Utah Mormon you were being discriminated against.

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There are certainly individual professors who discriminate against people of the predominant religion. Students have a right to learn in an environment that isn’t hostile. It’s also fairly strong in non teaching staff.

Utah may very well be predominantly lds- but higher education is still heavily not- to put it nicely.

Although USU is less discriminatory than most, it’s still prone to biases that exist in higher education.
My first ever class at USU as an 18 year old mormon was Biology 121 in EC-106 (pretty sure that building is no more.) With Dr Edmund Brodie (not a Mormon dude.)

I'll never forget the first day when he suggested a book written by a Mormon Bishop that explained why it was ok to study evolution. The amount of time he spend katering to Mormon beliefs was borderline embarrassing.

I wonder how many universities across the country start freshman biology that way?

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Post by AgMan21 » December 16th, 2020, 9:16 pm

I went to USU from early 2005 to late 2007 (thanks to concurrent enrollment and AP classes in high school). My major was polisci and I minored in philosophy which I feel have to be two of the most liberal and areligious programs at the university. I never once felt that my faith mattered to any professor or that I was treated differently because of it.

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Post by papaj » December 16th, 2020, 9:37 pm

Empire of Dirt wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 9:10 pm
Imakeitrain wrote:
Empire of Dirt wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 6:54 pm
It's hard for me to imagine the level of persecution complex you'd have to have in order to think that as a Utah Mormon you were being discriminated against.

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There are certainly individual professors who discriminate against people of the predominant religion. Students have a right to learn in an environment that isn’t hostile. It’s also fairly strong in non teaching staff.

Utah may very well be predominantly lds- but higher education is still heavily not- to put it nicely.

Although USU is less discriminatory than most, it’s still prone to biases that exist in higher education.
My first ever class at USU as an 18 year old mormon was Biology 121 in EC-106 (pretty sure that building is no more.) With Dr Edmund Brodie (not a Mormon dude.)

I'll never forget the first day when he suggested a book written by a Mormon Bishop that explained why it was ok to study evolution. The amount of time he spend katering to Mormon beliefs was borderline embarrassing.

I wonder how many universities across the country start freshman biology that way?

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Post by FloridaAggie13 » December 16th, 2020, 9:45 pm

Please tell me there is more than this because this is a big pile of nothing and reflects very poorly on the players.



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Post by WannabeAgAlum » December 16th, 2020, 9:58 pm

We need a “no Utes” policy.
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What a racist comment! If taken out of context. Which would NEVER happen of course.
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Post by Imakeitrain » December 16th, 2020, 10:00 pm

Empire of Dirt wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 9:10 pm
Imakeitrain wrote:
Empire of Dirt wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 6:54 pm
It's hard for me to imagine the level of persecution complex you'd have to have in order to think that as a Utah Mormon you were being discriminated against.

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There are certainly individual professors who discriminate against people of the predominant religion. Students have a right to learn in an environment that isn’t hostile. It’s also fairly strong in non teaching staff.

Utah may very well be predominantly lds- but higher education is still heavily not- to put it nicely.

Although USU is less discriminatory than most, it’s still prone to biases that exist in higher education.
My first ever class at USU as an 18 year old mormon was Biology 121 in EC-106 (pretty sure that building is no more.) With Dr Edmund Brodie (not a Mormon dude.)

I'll never forget the first day when he suggested a book written by a Mormon Bishop that explained why it was ok to study evolution. The amount of time he spend katering to Mormon beliefs was borderline embarrassing.

I wonder how many universities across the country start freshman biology that way?

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If you want to say usu is better than other secular schools in the regard of acceptance of religion overall, I’d certainly agree. But that’s a slight of hand. The question isn’t is religion treated worse at Cal, but is there discrimination against religion at USU. There is, and at times Mormons are discriminated against by people in power (power over grades and university functions)

You’ll never forget one professor who tried to broaden minds- I’ll never forget a feminazi JCOM professor whose motive is probably more typical across the country.

I’d encourage you to be a bit more open minded. Discrimination against all sorts of people exists at USU- and Mormons being the easiest target and a prevalent group on campus do get discriminated against- and refusing to even consider that it happens here, is the same mistake that people who claim that racism doesn’t exist in America. Just because it does not fit your experience doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, especially if you aren’t in that group.



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Post by NikeRunner » December 16th, 2020, 10:16 pm

Empire of Dirt wrote:It's hard for me to imagine the level of persecution complex you'd have to have in order to think that as a Utah Mormon you were being discriminated against.

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I had one professor in particular who would make fun of Mormons almost every single class. One instance in particular, people chose to walk out of class and then he made fun of those people even more, all related to being Mormon.


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Post by ineptimusprime » December 16th, 2020, 10:21 pm


What a racist comment! If taken out of context. Which would NEVER happen of course.
Haha! Let’s clear the record. I would be thrilled with any of the 2,970 members of the federally-recognized Ute Indian Tribe becoming affiliated with USU. They do not fall within the “no Utes” policy.
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Post by NibleyAg » December 16th, 2020, 10:37 pm

Imakeitrain wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 8:18 pm
Empire of Dirt wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 6:54 pm
It's hard for me to imagine the level of persecution complex you'd have to have in order to think that as a Utah Mormon you were being discriminated against.

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There are certainly individual professors who discriminate against people of the predominant religion. Students have a right to learn in an environment that isn’t hostile. It’s also fairly strong in non teaching staff.

Utah may very well be predominantly lds- but higher education is still heavily not- to put it nicely.

Although USU is less discriminatory than most, it’s still prone to biases that exist in higher education.
I don't recall once during my college days at USU of having professors discuss religion with the class. I find it odd that some teachers would dig into a students religous preference in order to discriminate against them. If that is the case then they should not be professors.



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Post by USU78 » December 16th, 2020, 11:57 pm

Empire of Dirt wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 9:10 pm
Imakeitrain wrote:
Empire of Dirt wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 6:54 pm
It's hard for me to imagine the level of persecution complex you'd have to have in order to think that as a Utah Mormon you were being discriminated against.

Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
There are certainly individual professors who discriminate against people of the predominant religion. Students have a right to learn in an environment that isn’t hostile. It’s also fairly strong in non teaching staff.

Utah may very well be predominantly lds- but higher education is still heavily not- to put it nicely.

Although USU is less discriminatory than most, it’s still prone to biases that exist in higher education.
My first ever class at USU as an 18 year old mormon was Biology 121 in EC-106 (pretty sure that building is no more.) With Dr Edmund Brodie (not a Mormon dude.)

I'll never forget the first day when he suggested a book written by a Mormon Bishop that explained why it was ok to study evolution. The amount of time he spend katering to Mormon beliefs was borderline embarrassing.

I wonder how many universities across the country start freshman biology that way?

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What a kind prof. What's your beef with him again? I don't understand.


You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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Post by Imakeitrain » December 16th, 2020, 11:59 pm

NibleyAg wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 10:37 pm
Imakeitrain wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 8:18 pm
Empire of Dirt wrote:
December 16th, 2020, 6:54 pm
It's hard for me to imagine the level of persecution complex you'd have to have in order to think that as a Utah Mormon you were being discriminated against.

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There are certainly individual professors who discriminate against people of the predominant religion. Students have a right to learn in an environment that isn’t hostile. It’s also fairly strong in non teaching staff.

Utah may very well be predominantly lds- but higher education is still heavily not- to put it nicely.

Although USU is less discriminatory than most, it’s still prone to biases that exist in higher education.
I don't recall once during my college days at USU of having professors discuss religion with the class. I find it odd that some teachers would dig into a students religous preference in order to discriminate against them. If that is the case then they should not be professors.
I don’t think you need to be discussing religion specifically to discriminate. Nor do I think discussion is discrimination. There are appropriate places to discuss religion on campus. Dr. Kleiner’s philosophy class is probably one the better known places. Although he disagrees with the predominant religion he isn’t hostile and it’s in the context of getting students to think.

I’m talking about harassment and actual hostility which I saw mostly in CHaSS. I didn’t see it so much in other departments.

It’s certainly not all- or even most- but there are some very bigoted professors out there
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Re: Cockett comments from sources to channel 2.

Post by NVAggie » December 17th, 2020, 6:57 am

They aren’t bigoted, they are enlightened.



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