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betterdemsonly

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3. If I had thought about it I would have said "Western Citizens," not "the West" but it sounds clunky.

Reply to AngryAmish (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 6, 2016, 09:58 PM

Jan 2016

I am worried about the safety of citizens most of all. I realize in academic circles "the West" is a Euphemism for the power elite, not ordinary people.

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