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Hekate

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34. As a meaningless all purpose slur at DU I've been accused of same a number of times....
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 05:30 PM
Jun 2016

Last edited Mon Jun 27, 2016, 02:31 PM - Edit history (1)

It's a contentious term here, amounting to flame bait -- but recently dropped in favor of neoliberal.

I am a Democrat, have been one all my life. It's a big tent. The day we allow all those to the left or right of ourselves to be tossed out of the big tent so the remainder can be pure, we will have a very small, marginalized tent full of intolerant people.

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As a meaningless all purpose slur at DU I've been accused of same a number of times.... Hekate Jun 2016 #34
Well said Hekate JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #42
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