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Earliest political memory of the day #124

21st March 2018by robynlong2208 Leave a comment

Age: +-4 years old (circa 2000) Memory: Moving from D.C. to Brussels. Never knew real reason (was told job transfer) until last year: Mom so upset at U.S election results […]

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Earliest political memory of the day #123

20th March 2018by robynlong2208 Leave a comment

In 1990… When I was about 6, we were colouring a map of the word. After we had done so, our teacher explained to us that one of the countries […]

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Earliest political memory of the day #122

19th March 2018by robynlong2208 Leave a comment

2008 Presidential election, attending Obamas inauguration in D.C. Seeing how happy all the adults were, feeling part of history.

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Earliest political memory of the day #121

16th March 2018by robynlong2208 Leave a comment

My first political moment however, was when I disputed loudly a religious and historical fact, that mu teacher was talking about. He slapped me, therefore I realised that I’m not […]

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Earliest political memory of the day #120

15th March 2018by robynlong2208 Leave a comment

1974/5 Nan sent dress to me in Australia. Delayed in post ‘due to hijack’!

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Earliest political memory of the day #119

14th March 2018by robynlong2208 Leave a comment

Going to the inaugural meeting of the Feminist Party of Canada, aged 10, with my mother. Wearing a white cotton Indian dress that had embroidered flowers. Many women were there, […]

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Earliest political memory of the day #118

13th March 2018by robynlong2208 Leave a comment

I was able to vote in the school ‘mock’ election for the US President when I was in 1st grade. All my friends told me not to vote for Al […]

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Earliest political memory of the day #117

12th March 2018by robynlong2208 Leave a comment

HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION VOTE BY THE MEMBER OF ELECTION COMMITTEE. DISAPPOINTED 🙁

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Earliest political memory of the day #116

9th March 2018by robynlong2208 Leave a comment

I remember my parents talking about politics over dinner as a child, but the first political event I really engaged in was the fall of the Berlin Wall (I was […]

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Earliest political memory of the day #115

8th March 2018by robynlong2208 Leave a comment

A boy in school said “Who would you kill if you could kill one person?@ And I randomly picked someone. He said “That’s the wrong answer, it’s Donald Trump!”

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