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On this Wednesday, Woke is on the run, about time, awful movement that is about as un-American as you can get. Why? Because supporting biological males competing against females is wrong and can be dangerous on the playing

field, in the boxing ring, in the pool.

Ditto the intrusion into women's locker rooms by biological men, even if they have transition.

I don't care if someone wants to change genders, but that person has absolutely

no right to impose their status on anyone, period. Then there's skin color. It is absolutely

wrong to assess an American based on pigmentation.

We have strong laws against hurting African Americans and other minorities.

These are good laws.

But now the woke fanatics want to discard merit and replace it with race preferences,

mandated by the government, employers, and colleges.

That is a flat-out denial of equal opportunity.

A woe country is not a just country.

Allowing criminals to hurt people and walk free is not justice.

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