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Old 25th April 2018, 07:32 AM   #241
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Originally Posted by d4m10n View Post
Sad news. He can reverse this trend, I'm hoping, if only he spends some time speaking with (and listening to) anti-racists. The results of the Ezra Klein interview were particularly disappointing, on that score.
I stumbled across this link on his twitter feed. He's apparently just mad at the SPLC for publishing this and blames it on them.
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Originally Posted by kellyb View Post
I stumbled across this link on his twitter feed. He's apparently just mad at the SPLC for publishing this and blames it on them.
I thought he was already mad at the SPLC over the Maajid thing.
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Originally Posted by d4m10n View Post
I thought he was already mad at the SPLC over the Maajid thing.
He's been mad at them for a while for a few reasons, I think.
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