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llmart

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8. My son went to high school in Charlotte

Reply to PittBlue (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2025, 04:16 PM

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He is absolutely appalled and angry at what's been happening and now in the beautiful city of Charlotte. He just posted something on his Facebook page about how his alma mater high school band walked out en masse to protest ICE. When he went there the band was one of the largest in NC. They won awards all throughout the South.

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