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Vogon_Glory

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8. A lot of the Marxists of the sorts who

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #7)

Thu Sep 14, 2017, 09:58 PM

Sep 2017

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jumped on anyone who condemned the Khmer Rouge and accused them of being tools of "anti-progressives."

Yes, I know about the sins of the West. But I don't think the evil practiced by other cultures should be ignored merely because they're anti-western.

You're a progressive, right? Surely you aren't endorsing genocide and religious persecution, ethnic and religious pogroms, forcibly requiring women to wear burquas, or people who practice so-called "honor killings," are you?

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Please name these "Far Left Liberals" maxsolomon Sep 2017 #7

A lot of the Marxists of the sorts who Vogon_Glory Sep 2017 #8

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