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Egalitarian Thug

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4. You can try, but the authoritarian "we can fix this from within" people aren't

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 04:08 PM

Jul 2013

going to understand the words you type. They think there is nothing really wrong with how things are because, after all, it's really working out pretty well for them.

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job (lifestyle, privilege, portfolio,etc.) depends on not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair

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Do I have to explain how messed up this is? [View all] Playinghardball Jul 2013 OP

I didn't follow the trial, but I thought the defense chose not to use SYG. nt ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #1

Yup. GZ. Not SYD. Igel Jul 2013 #3

Apparently, yes; Barely rescued from sinking. n/t Decoy of Fenris Jul 2013 #2

You can try, but the authoritarian "we can fix this from within" people aren't Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #4