[Ads-l] ancestor

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sun Aug 9 18:18:41 UTC 2020


Well, at least it wasn’t descendants of a generation ago.

> On Aug 9, 2020, at 12:36 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Joe Biden commercial, voiceover in front of scenes of Edmund Pettus Bridge:
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> "Our ancestors of a generation ago."
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> JL
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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