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Authors Note: All opinions expressed here are just that: opinions. If you don’t like mine, I probably won’t like yours either. Let’s just nod, and walk away. Maybe come back with solutions instead of opinions. Because of the two, only solutions actually matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If Ben Franklin had his way, we’d be eating the national bird ? every Thanksgiving. Or maybe we’d eat bald eagle, because Turkeys would be a protected symbol of America’s deliciousness? #YouTellMe ~jg America\u2019s love-hate relationship with the bald eagle https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2022\/03\/bald-eagle-america-history-jack-e-davis\/621311\/ Authors Note: All opinions expressed here are just that: opinions. 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