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Have no fear, k (and other LFAA readers). “Schmeeckle” reappears (like his namesake Gollum) every once in awhile. He is merely trying to gain subscribers, living the American Dream, and makin’ a buck. “Schmeeckle” used to be disguised as Gandalf, but somehow lost his touch. I think Frodo and Samwise cleaned his clock “back in the day.”

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It’s important to you to disparage others personally rather than offer your own view bolstered by evidence that counters that view

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Hi, Selina. Just so you know, I have engaged Mr. Schmeeckle numerous times over the past year - on various topics upon which we find disagreement. This person has had various other permutations of identity in the past and most recently he is appearing as John Schmeeckle who is “By accident, I became the leading expert on the meaning of the Declaration of Independence.” He has two followers on his Substack endeavor. In MY response, as you might notice, I was responding to “k” and others on this LFAA thread who reject Mr. Schmeeckle’s ascensions.

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Paul in Palatine, you appear to be confusing me with someone else.

My demolition of the "scholarship" of the previous leading expert on the meaning of the Declaration of Independence is here:

https://www.academia.edu/29164747/The_Declaration_of_Independence_without_Locke_A_Rebuttal_of_Michael_Zuckerts_Natural_Rights_Republic_

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He has certainly worn ME out!

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Selina, if you're going to click on his links, make sure your antivirus/anti-malware is up to date.

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Selena Sweet, there a link to ten sources in my original post in this thread. Once again, the starting point for my assessment is this quote from "The Nation":

"These stories of Ukraine’s dark nationalism aren’t coming out of Moscow; they’re being filed by Western media, including US-funded Radio Free Europe (RFE); Jewish organizations such as the World Jewish Congress and the Simon Wiesenthal Center; and watchdogs like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Freedom House, which issued a joint report warning that Kiev is losing the monopoly on the use of force in the country as far-right gangs operate with impunity."

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/neo-nazis-far-right-ukraine/#aoh=16892411860434&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenation.com%2Farticle%2Fpolitics%2Fneo-nazis-far-right-ukraine%2F

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