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Marr

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17. Yeah, thank god they're such fringe, outside-of-society extremists, eh?

Reply to BigDemVoter (Reply #5)

Sat Aug 6, 2016, 02:11 AM

Aug 2016

We aren't doing ourselves any favors (and we're outright insulting the memory of the victims) when we pretend that their killers are just fringe extremists who don't understand their own faith.

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