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45. That's not how it is written.

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 01:12 PM

Jan 2017

If you were truly referring to their reasoning, then it shouldn't have been written as "This will get him just enough goodwill from LGBTQ people..." but rather as "They think this will get him just enough goodwill from LGBTQ people..." because without the subject, as in your version, it appears to be your opinion and is very offensive.

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