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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"The hold your coat guy" is the
Stochastic Terrorist. He's the guy who whispers in the ear of the person, vulnerable to lies, to assault the "other."
He's happy to hold that guys coat. And then say "who me?"
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"The hold your coat guy" is the (Original Post)
kairos12
Oct 2022
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mobeau69
(11,433 posts)1. We have many stochastic terrorists in and running for Congress and a stochastic terrorist former
president. We also have a stochastic terrorist organization known as Fox News.
Mr.Bill
(24,683 posts)2. I always refer to them as the guy in the western movie
who stands behind ten men with guns in their hands and says "Drop him, Jesse".
sarge43
(29,125 posts)3. "Let's you and him fight." n/t
ProfessorGAC
(69,271 posts)5. What Popped Into My Head, Too
Verbatim
jaxexpat
(7,589 posts)4. An aside: it was the apostle who became St Paul that held the coats of St Stephen's executioners.
Sweaty work, stoning a man to death in the heat of a 1st century Jerusalem afternoon. Still, wouldn't want to lose a coat.
No comment about the OP's subject, really. Things just have a way of coming up, you know.